Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Quick Update

It has been a very long week! I knew recovery from surgery wouldn't be fun, but part of me thought Antalya would just [;sail right through it and after a couple days would back to her normal self. 

I was wrong.

I must admit I have never had such an exhausting week - thus the lack of updates. In the last nine days I have one night without any sleep, two nights with only 2-3 hours of sleep, and several nights of waking up every hour. Last night was the best night so far - hopefully we are onto something new. 

Poor little Antalya has tried really hard to be a good sport, but when it comes right down to it, she has felt pretty miserable. Getting any amount of food or drink in her as been a huge task. and ohh, the pain medicine - it is a love/hate thing we have going on with her medicine. Nearly every four hours around the clock Antalya starts fussing more which means it is time for more pain medicine. This is no pleasant task. She refuses to take it, which means we have to literally pin her down on the floor, squirt medicine in her mouth, and then force her to swallow. This of course leads to a huge kicking, hitting, scratching tantrum for the next 10 minutes, until she finally collapses with relief from her pain. 

Having said all this, I do think today will be the change I have been waiting for. Antalya went 6 hours with no medicine this morning and woke up with more of an appetite than I have seen since before the surgery. Here's to better days coming!

PS Jason has truly been my lifesaver through all this. Several times he has taken Antalya and disappeared for several hours so that I could get some sleep. Thanks, babe! I could not have survive without you.

5 comments:

Linnea said...

Hang in there! God's greatest gift is that mothers can go for years with very little sleep. I do hope Antalya is breathing better at night.

Tara said...

Talk about rough week...I hope Antalya's on the upswing! Hang in there, you can do it!

Tandy Family said...

I hope things get better fast for you guys, we'll keep you in our prayers!!!

Alexis 18 said...

yuck! I feel for you, it's worth it in the end I promise. Hopefully you guys had a Happy Thanksgiving and Antalya is feeling better?! I didn't give Leah the pain meds cause it was a battle every time and just not worth it. I had bought some of the suppository tylenol so I could just give her some relief-it was way better than forcing it down her throat.

Mandy Lowry said...

Hi Sunny~
This is Mandy Sandberg. I found your blog on Amber Leck's links. What a small world! Your little girl is beautiful. You look great too. What a cute family. Seems like you guys are really busy. Keep up the good work!