Avery- Ava Baby- back to her old tricks

Just a quick update and new pictures. Avery seems to be healing well. We had stitches out yesterday all is well. We go back on Monday for the post op talk. Avery screamed her head off for 3 straight hours last night. Finally fell asleep in mom's arms after standing and rocking her singing Moon Moon Moon- over and over and over! I think it was 1 am when we all got to sleep. Normally mom and dad could handle this just fine, except we both have a bad case of STREP- otherwise known as the virus from hell. We think we picked it up in the dirty hospital room Avery was assigned. It was a nice large room, but boy was is nasty. I took pictures of all the gross areas as more of a joke telling Jeff if we get sick we'll have proof.. HA!!!!

Well, I am not responding well to my meds a.k.a. Deathly Ill ..... in part b/c I went in on Sat. to a local minute clinic and they told me I didn't have strep and to go home and gargle. I begged and pleaded with them to give me meds b/c I was so ill and I had a baby at home who NEEDED me and I was her food source and who cannot possible be exposed to strep for days, but they wouldn't exercise any of their God given common sense and rambled off all the junk about keeping me safe from unnecessarily exposing me to needless antibiotics. Needless to say I rushed in early Monday morning b/c I became so ill. I did indeed have strep. Haven't had it in 15 years. All the big kids are farmed out to Great Aunt Mary and Gagas in hopes that they stay healthy. Now we just need to figure out why Avery will be cooing one minute and the next is screaming. We've been giving her a break from her No No's so maybe she's mad when we put them back on?? She also seems to have an itchy face...loves when
I rub all over her forehead... Allergic to some of the meds or stuff they taped to her face? This is just like last time... Great for 4 -5 days or so and then unruly for another week. God help us figure this out. Today Avery is not screaming, but is fussy. Now we need to watch her for signs of strep. We are taking her in to her pediatrician today!

Avery is looking good, I think she will have a much better scar this time. She didn't like those dissolving stitches from the adhesion last time- made her scar more raised. This time no dissolving were used on the outside. Our only real concern at this time is that the right side of her lip seems to disappear sometimes- like is gets folded under!