Kara's surgery is done and over! Thank you all for your prayers. So far everything has gone well. She had a little trouble in recovery waking up. They eventually gave her some morphine because she was continually upset and they figured that she it was more than having trouble waking up. The morphine makes her sleepy and she fell asleep in my arms after that. Before the morphine she was crying a lot and the only word she said was "yea" when I asked her if she wanted daddy to hold her. I was so very thankful he was there. When she woke up after the morphine and we got her dressed she said "yea" a couple more times but she wasn't talking like normal. On the way home we gave her some food and milk and after a few minutes she looked at me and said "I love you". Then she looked at Matt when he turned around to check on us and said to him "I love you." Nothing could have made us happier. By the time we got home she had started singing with her Toddler Tunes CD.
Her eyes are really red. Startling if you are unprepared for it. She hasn't needed any Tylonel since the evening of surgery day. We have to put drops in 4 times a day. I am monitoring her temperature for signs of infection but so far she is doing great. We go back the doctor on the 19th for Post Op. They said it could take up to 6 weeks for the eyes to fully straighten out but they looks straighter to us already.
They also checked her prescription while under. Turns out her left eye is near sighted and her right is far sighted. Her old glasses were for farsightedness which obviously wouldn't have helped her left eye at all. It would have helped the right though and that was her dominate eye which explains why she seemed to see better with the glasses. Although we are going to check them again but it looks like we may be going back to glasses. Not exactly what I wanted to hear but what is best for her is what is most important to me.
Praising God for his grace and mercy. I was really nervous the day of her surgery but Psalm 146 helped calm me down and focus on the fact that God is in control. Nothing happens outside his will and he loves her more than I do. Thanking God for Kara and how he has watched over her so far. I can honestly say we have seen God move in her little life so much. It didn't take us long to realize we have zero power and he is completely in control. Kara is a constant reminder.
Our prayer requests are just that she would not get an infection (which I am most concerned about). That the redness in her eyes doesn't last too long, and the last is that we can get her eye drops in without too much of a fight. Thank you for your prayers
Matt, Lindsay, and Kara


