Exchange Surgery Update

Robin is making good progress since her surgery yesterday. Immediately after the surgery, her pain was pretty bad. She needed a lot of pain medication in the recovery room. The plastic surgeon explained that he had to move some muscle in the center of her chest to place the implants correctly, which was the main cause of the pain. Even though this was scheduled as a day surgery, he offered to let her stay overnight if she wanted to. Eventually her pain got better she was ready to leave the hospital by 2:30 yesterday.

She is still very sore, especially when she's up and moving. As long as she stays in bed, she feels pretty good. We walked across the street for food earlier this evening and are now hanging out together in our room. Tomorrow may be the day we can try the drive back to Skaneateles, but we will decide that in the morning. Unfortunately, there are two patients here and one caregiver. I am on day 5 of a bad GI virus that will not stop. On a steady diet of Gatorade, I am actually feeling okay most of the time though. We just have to both decide that we feel up to making the six hour drive.

Thank you for your texts and emails. Your love and support continue to help us through this hard time. Apparently our boys have been having an excellent time with Aunt Michelle too.

After making it home, the next step is a post-op appointment in Boston on the 27th. I will update again after that.

Back to Boston

Robin and I are leaving for Boston now for her surgery Monday morning at 7:30am. This is the next part of her reconstruction that will remove the tissue expanders and exchange them for the more permanent implants. This exchange should allow her to be much more comfortable than she has been over the last few months. This is a day procedure where she will be leaving the hospital later Monday. We are planning to stay in Boston Monday night for sure and maybe Tuesday and Wednesday, depending on how she feels.

Robin's sister, Michelle is at our house staying with the boys for the next few days (thanks Michelle!). Everything is in place for them to be well taken care of.

I will keep you posted tomorrow on how she is doing.