photo with Dr Obaid
Malaki had his palate repaired yesterday. This is the 2nd of many operations but we're done for a few more years. This surgery went really well but recovery has been a little more rough on Malaki and myself. I think it's due to him being a little older and more aware and the location of the surgery, the roof of his mouth. He can eat but he's on a liquid diet for 3 weeks and no bottle and he has to keep everything out of his mouth so everything can heal. It's never easy to send off your child to surgery but I'm grateful for our wonderful surgeon, Dr Obaid and the hospital staff. Dr Obaid now has hero status in my eyes, for being a wonderful gifted surgeon but for meaning it when he said, call me at any time and he meant it! At 3 in the morning it became obvious to me that the meds were wearing off for Malaki and per orders he couldn't have any more until 5. I couldn't see him lasting that long, so I asked the nurse to check. Her answer was, that we had to speak with the dr and they didn't have a number on file. So I whipped out my cell and rattled off his office and cell number and said call. She was so surprised that he answered and immediately gave a new dose of meds so that Malaki could be comfortable.post op getting some love from mom.
