Thursday, July 12, 2012

Surgery Week: Thursday

Early the next day after surgery, everything was packed up from the PICU room and transported to the 8th floor. Here, Simon would get relief from all of the machines and check-ups. In fact, he was doing so well, that he was allowed to roam all over the hospital. He just couldn't walk out the doors!
Swelling was very minimal. He had some bruising on and behind his ears, and his forehead was a tiny bit puffy. Except for the raw incision running from ear to ear, you would never guess that he just had major skull surgery the day before.

Grandpa and Mormor were staying in a hotel nearby, and Simon loved having them around to play.



The view from the room was terrific.







Later, some cousins came to visit, helping a little more time to slip away. Before we knew it, Simon had to get ready for bed. Here is where we saw the most swelling. His eyes were puffy and red, and there was some bruising behind the ears. We were simply floored at how good he was looking. The puffiness and redness looked more like bad allergies than swelling from skull surgery.



As we settled in for the night, we had a nice, quiet time sitting by the window, taking in the view of the city. My little trooper had so much fun with me watching the night life unfold below.









During the course of the day, I felt like heaven sent a hug from my mother. Originally, we were told that we would end up back on the 7th floor for neurosurgery. It was a bit of a surprise that we ended up on the 8th floor for general pediatrics. It was even more of a surprise that we finally had a nice view. The other rooms gave us splendid pictures of the roof, but now we could see all of downtown St. Petersburg with Tropicana Field to the left and Tampa Bay to the right. The icing on the cake was the manatee. Each wing on each floor has an animal or some other icon to go with the Florida ocean theme. Our icon was a manatee. Why is this special? The manatee is my mother's favorite animal.

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