A Brief Weekend Recap

As the weekend comes to a close, we continue to have promising reports on Gwendolyn's healing progress. As you can see, she's no longer on humidified room air (or any air whatsoever) and rarely (if ever) has a desaturation. In fact, she's looking as good now as she did before the breathing issues suddenly crept back up a few weeks ago... which only fuels our speculation that the malfunction of the jaw extender was the culprit all along. Aside from the fact that she ripped out the I.V. first from her hand, then kicked it off her foot before it was relocated once again to her head, this recovery process has been a breeze. Even the I.V. has become a side note as they removed it for good earlier today much to Gwen's delight.

We've been told to expect on Monday that the plastic surgeon will review the x-ray taken earlier this weekend after her surgery. Once he does, a plan for her screw tightening on this new jaw distraction will be set... Remember, there's about a seven millimeter difference between the side where the initial device broke and the other side that needs to be evened out. Thus far, each side has been extended in even amounts. There's also been rumors that we'll go home shortly but we're going to remain cautious given our recent history on that topic, as we are sure you all can imagine.

While our hospital drama with Gwen has continued, a great byproduct has been that Braelyn's really got some good one-on-one time with Grandma McKee. She has also enjoyed her recent holiday visit with Nana and Poppa. They'll return to Atlanta on Tuesday before they prepare for a move back to the Sunshine State.

Well, fingers crossed that all continues to progress well with Gwen and that she will soon be reunited with Braelyn. We'll keep you all posted!