Thanksgiving Leftovers

In the interest of full disclosure, the "before" picture above is obviously not as straight-on of a photo as the "after" one. Still, I wanted to post it to give you all an idea of just how different Gwendolyn's jaw is now. As the plastic surgeon said today, it's actually aligned perfectly now.

It honestly just hit me when I saw Gwen's profile the other day. Until recently, she wasn't able to lay on her back due to her tongue blocking her airway. Therefore, we always had to have her on her side. So, when she was laying on her back the other day and I looked into her crib, I was amazed at how far forward her jaw was.

The only other news of note is that there's a chance Gwen's got a staph infection around her screws. They took a culture sample to see if that is the case. The results should be back in 24-48 hours. Still, they said its honestly pretty common with a procedure like she's dealing with and they've got an ointment that they are applying now just in case. So, in the short term at least, there isn't a large concern that it will in any way interfere with the conclusion of the screw turning or Monday's swallow study... or, more importantly, lead to a serious complication.

Gwen was a little more congested today than she had been in the past few days but again, I don't think there's much cause for concern there either.

Other than that, poor Braelyn is stuck at home with Daddy this afternoon while Mommy and Grandma get a late jump on the Black Friday shopping scene... But I still think I got the best end of that deal if you ask me!!!