Jodi Speaks Her Mind

Sophie had her surgery 2/23/2008

Sophie’s surgery was Thursday and she came through it like a trooper.  They successfully implanted both sides with full insertion, which is the goal.  She was recovering from a cold, so the anesthesiologist was ready to call it off if she showed any signs of respiratory distress, but fortunately, she did not.  Because her surgery was so long - 4 hours - her recovery has been a bit longer and slower than Adelina’s but last night she was running about and playing.  Her face is pretty swollen, but she is up and about and frankly making everyone crazy because she wants to do everything she normally does.  But her incision is still so fresh, we have to watch her quite closely!

Her activation is scheduled for March 21, so she will not have any access to sounds until that time.  Hopefully it will arrive quickly, as we are excited for her to begin taking advantage of her implants.

We were really pleased and impressed with the care she (and we) received at the hospital by the doctors, nurses, and all the support staff.  Our only glitch in the whole thing was that we had to wait in post-op for nearly 7 hours for a room to open up.  This was a tad inconvenient for Steve and I but not really so bad for Sophie.  Actually, we had a nurse at our disposal the entire time, so that was certainly a benefit.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers and thoughts during this major event in little Sophie’s life.  We are all very grateful to God for her safe and successful surgery.