Home at last

Last week in Florida

While Mike and Sophie help Cece get through her last wk in Florida,  I've come home to return to work and hold down the fort.  Feeling more human today after the long flights Sunday and Monday.  Piper has been giving me lots of love, enjoyed a lovely stuffed pepper from a wonderful friend, and Fluffy has been pure entertainment.  

Cece had a tough PT session today but survived (true MHE warrior).

Sophie got to go swimming and Mike took the girls to CR Chicks for dinner followed by card games.  Can't wait for Saturday when we'll all be reunited again.

Sophie

It's impossible to truly describe how difficult MHE is for our courageous Cece and how it impacts the entire family.  For this trip to West Palm Beach, Cece and I spent the first 2 wks together for testing and the surgery while Mike and Sophie held down the home front.  I'll leave today to return home and work while Mike finishes this last week of therapy and appointments.  So sweet Sophie and I spent yesterday together for swimming,  school shopping and Chick-fil-A (my first time...Wow!  Loved it).  I'm sad to leave now but know that we'll all be together again in 6 days.

Friday

Friday brought us Mike and Sophie all the way from Kodiak.  They brought salmon berries that Grace and Sophie picked.  (Cece loved them and ate them straight away.)  Cece also had her first outpatient physical therapy session.

(And 2 Florida beers I had waiting for Mike) 

Little by little

Cece stayed a second day - night in the hospital and now we're ready to go.  She's making gradual but steady progress recovering from surgery with her pain fairly well controlled by her meds.  We're just waiting for all the details and steps to be completed for her discharge (the irony is that it takes three times as long to get out than in).  

Tonight, she's looking forward to eating blueberry Mochi ice cream.

Tomorrow night, we're so excited that Mike and Sophie will be joining us here in West Palm Beach.  And Piper gets to vacation at Chez Wilco.

The first night

It's early morning after Cece's surgery and I'm glad the night is over.  This was a tough one.  Even though her surgeon didn't do the planned "shordt" procedure (fibula was very fragile from pressure and friction from the large osteochondroma), her pain was severe last night.  She's resting comfortably now and being lulled by the drama of a Grey's Anatomy episode.   Last night, Impractical Jokers was her distraction.
Here’s to daily improvements, rest and healing.

Surgery's over and Cece's doing okay

Cece has just finished with her surgery and now I'm just waiting to go back to her in recovery.  Such a long day...intake problems which delayed us for 45 min this morning and  then surgery delayed for over 4 hrs due to more time needed with some other prior surgical cases.
But now she's done and now we start focusing on her healing.  (Picture above is Cece right before her surgery.  Tired but she did amazing!)
Her surgery changed as her fibula was paper-thin.  I'll detail more when able.  Please keep Cece in your prayers and sending Good vibes her way.