Good luck Corelly - remember the next few days are the hardest, and things do get better! I found that I felt much better once the anticipation had become reality and I knew exactly what we were dealing with.
Let us know how you get on, but my thoughts are with you and your daughter
DD's op went well with the surgeon happy with how everything went. Most nerve-wracking wait I"ve ever had! She's waist to ankles in plaster and has settled surprisingly well for daytime - nights are another matter altogether. I'm finiding it really difficult, because she won't go to my husband, just screams and screams, and I've no family living nearby to fall upon. Last night I finally got to have some decent sleep at around 6am, and she slept from then to 10am. On top of it all, I have a cold, so am feeling miserable and having trouble coping in the middle of the night! Some family friends offered some support, offering to take her for a couple of hours, but then kindly informed me that they "don't do nappies". Real helpful. Everyone thinks that I'm just being brave and proud, thinking that I'm the only one that can do it, but with comments like this, what else am I supposed to do? Grrrrr.
But I figure, its day 4 already, over half way into the first week. She's booked in at the RCH on Tuesday for her MRI so hopefully that shows everything is fine. So it's just panadol for now and hanging in there that my beautiful girl will settle at night soon and we'll be speeding towards the day where we're plaster free.
Thanks for the chance to vent, and for all the support on this site.
Corelly - hope your daughter settles down at night soon. It's hard enough to cope with without the sleep deprivation!! I remember the first week did feel as though I had a new born again, even though my daughter is one already...
We have 1 week to go until Olivia's cast change - I REALLY can't wait - then it will seem like we can count down the days once we are over half way... I find it hard sometimes to remember what she was like pre-cast. I can tell she is getting frustrated sometimes - she is at that age when she really wants to be getting down and joining in with everything, but just can't.
Olivia is getting quite constipated at the moment - she tries really really hard to do a poo, but only one little nugget comes out... (sorry if tmi) I think it's ages since she did a really squishy one, which is nice for the nappy changes, but can't be much fun for her!! I did read that it was quite common for babies in spica casts, as they can't move around at all but are eating normally... Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions for solving it?
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