My sweet baby girl is going to have her first surgery tomorrow morning. She will be under anesthesia for the 4th time in her life and she's only 2 1/2 years old.
The surgery is to implant the VNS. You can read all about the VNS in this blog post of mine.
The surgery will take place early in the morning. The neurosurgeon said that it will take about 1-2 hours for the surgery and then Rayleigh Bug will be in recovery for 2-4 hours and then she will be released to go home that afternoon/evening!!
Bug will need to be on Tylenol/ibuprofen for 2-3 days for pain management and will have some restrictions at first like no laying on her left side and no carrying under her armpits.
We will see her neurologist in 2 weeks to have the VNS turned on. They like to allow a couple of weeks after surgery for the body to adjust to the foreign object before they activate the pulses. Her pulses will be very slow at first and will be adjusted every 2 weeks for a few months. We have a busy road ahead of us but we are ready!
I will do a post tomorrow to update you on how it went!
Wow your child is really beautiful, but sad to know about her surgery today. I know the pain you are going through. Please keep us updating.
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