Surgery on Wednesday

Just a quick update to let everyone know that Char is having her adenoids and tonsils out tomorrow (Wednesday) morning. We're really hoping that this is going to help with her eating, swallowing, and breathing. I guess they don't usually do this type of procedure on kids as young as she is, but her nasal passageway was pretty compromised by the size of her nodes. She will be staying at the hospital overnight, so they can keep an eye on her and make sure she gets plenty of fluids. Then the plan is for her to come home and remain on IV fluids for 4-5 days. It's generally quite difficult to keep kids with c.p. hydrated on a regular basis, so we're taking extra precautions to make sure that's not a problem after the surgery. We will also be visited by a home nurse for a few days. Hopefully she'll (or "he" will, you never know) give us plenty of suggestions as to how to keep the IV in a kid that won't sit still. This is going to be very interesting ....

I'm hoping they have wi-fi access at the hospital tomorrow, so I'll try and post an update tomorrow night if I can.

Char's a strong girl, and I know she'll be just fine, but I can't help but be nervous with her going under general anaethesia.