A Late Wednesday Update

So sorry for this tardy entry. Honestly, there hasn't been a lot of change these last 24 hours.

Gwendolyn's had her first day of screw tightening. They started at once every six hours Wednesday but now will be done once every four hours. It will extend the jaw approximately one millimeter each day.

Gewn's morphine dosage dropped from one every four after the surgery to once every two now. They are hoping she'll go completely off today so that they can begin tube feeding her. Sometimes morphine can cause nausea so they've been hesitant to implement the feedings until she's totally off it. Still, they want to manage her pain as well so there's some balancing there to be sure they do what's best.

She's done well with her recovery thus far. The hope is that she can be taken off the respirator by this weekend. They also want to set up a swallow study early next week once the breathing tube's out. If she does well on that, they will try to introduce bottle feedings again. If not, we will discuss a more permanent feeding apparatus until her body matures a little and can handle feedings without gagging herself in the process.

Well, that's about it... I hope to have a lot more information later today and will post it once I do.

Talk to you soon.