I want so bad to say that all the miserableness that came with her eye surgery is over, that we're completely healed and ready to move forward, but we're simply not. Ky went in for surgery on the 19th of November. And for whatever reason, we were under the assumption that the recovery would take about a week and she'd be back to her normal self. Well, today is the 6th of December, about 3 weeks post-op, and we're still waiting patiently for a full recovery. She has come a LONG way...this is true, but we're not done yet. Her eyes are still bloody, one more than the other, and she's still experiencing double vision (although the objects are moving closer together, another sign that the process is not over) But as a mom, I'm just ready for her to see normally again. I'm ready to put this chapter behind us and move on to something else. Regardless of how prepared we were...and I do believe we were...there is NOTHING that can prepare you as a parent going into a situation where your child goes through that. At least, that is my opinion. The surgery process was a lot rougher than I had anticipated, Kylie had MAJOR problems coming out from being put under, so much that they ended up putting her back to sleep because they couldn't calm her hysterical kicking and screaming (by far the scariest 20 minutes of my life)...and I could go into more detail, but its not fun for me. and I could post pics, but those aren't fun either. They don't define Ky, or represent who she is, or show all the beauty that is inside. So, we're doing a lot of praying for patience, and God's healing hand, and we've been very fortunate that he has had his arms wrapped around us for this process thus far. Kylie has been a complete trooper, as usual. I just love my little girl so much!
Update on the pregnancy: I went back in to the docs for my 28 weeks check up almost two weeks ago, did my glucose test (I don't know why, but that process always almost makes me sick), and just did a quick check up. The heart rate sounded great, still measuring a little bigger than normal, but all in all, we're moving along quite nicely. The interesting part to the apt. was this: At 28 weeks, I had put on 17 lbs., which is a good healthy amt., but at my heaviest with Beck, I put on only 17 lbs., and I still had 12 weeks to go with this pregnancy at the time. Its just crazy how different each baby process can be. Take for example, the differences in fetal movement. Kylie was a calm mover, and her favorite move was poking out of one side and sliding across the length of my stomach to the other side. Her movements were calm, although fairly consistent. Beck, on the other hand, would almost hurt me daily with his random thrashing about. He battled hiccups almost daily, and loved to get up right under my ribs. With this pregnancy, there are multiple hours in a row where this baby doesn't move at all. In fact, the only time he moves is when I'm not moving. Whenever I sit down to rest or sleep, he'll gently reposition himself for all of 10 sec. and then he's done again. I'm hoping this is a sign that he'll be a calm one, but you never do know till they get here....
Christmas is right around the corner and I've never been as prepared as I am this year. Most of the shopping is done! The decorating is done! And we're ready for our trip up north to go see J's family. Kylie has her fingers crossed that she'll get to play in some snow...and I'm even curious how Beck will react if indeed we get to find out.
Kylie's school Christmas program is tomorrow night. She's very excited, as are we, and I'm hoping she does well reciting her one line that we've been working on for TWO months now!
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