Surgery day

Ivee came through surgery fine today about noon. It took a little longer than we had expected. Dr. Sanford had to cut the entire length of the old scar, but she still has plenty of hair left! He said that there was quite a bit of scar tissue. He cut a large opening in it so that fluid would be able to run normally to the parts of her brain needing it, and to relieve pressure on that area of the brain. Also, (for those familiar with Ivee's hydrocephalus, or cyst on the back of her head from the previous surgery) he took as much of that membrane out as possible so that the pressure would also be gone. He then removed a bit of the apparent scar on the outside of her head. The outer scar became infected after her initial surgery and caused large potted scars in places. So, he cut some of that away to make a more pleasant scar for her. (This will help with her vanity as a teenager I suppose!?) He said that her recovery and pain will be lessened more than the initial surgery cause we are sewing scar tissue to scar tissue instead muscle to muscle. Makes sense I suppose.
Em and I walked into the ICU and were surprised to see Ivee sitting up in the nurses lap, holding her head up, and turning it. I knew it wouldn't be as bad as the last, but I wasn't expecting that. She saw us and reached for us immediately. She threw quite a few fits for about an hour. She wanted the IV and support off her hand. Later, we looked and her arm was twice it's normal size and blue. She had an occlusion in the line and it was causing severe pain. So we removed the IV from the hand (she still has one in her foot and her port for us to use). We had to cut her bracelet off cause it's was starting to cut into her arm. Once we did this, she calmed down a bit. So, it was pretty painful...obviously! She is on Loratab and Morphine/Bendryl. So, she isn't in alot of pain right now. Just sad :(
Hopefully we will be in our room tomorrow. And if all goes well, maybe we can head home Sunday. For those who would like to know, we are at LeBoner Children's Hospital here in Memphis.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your prayers! May God bless you and I'll keep you informed as I can.