We are Home!!!

Lily had a difficult night. She was on morphine during the night but the nurse kept letting it run out and she would wake up fussy about every 2-2.5 hours. So, needless to say Dawn (my sister) and I didn't get much sleep. Fred went home with the kids and Dawn came up to keep me company during the night. What a sweet sister..and she is all mine!
This morning the nurse came in and took out the tongue suture when Lily woke up. Then she mowed down some eggs and 2 pancakes. She was very hungry!! We switched her over to Tylenol and after her last antibiotic at 10 am they took out her IV. Dr. Matthews (her surgeon) came in around 11 and checked her out and said everything looked great and she could go home. We got home around 12:30 and Lily napped for about and hour. I was hoping for more of a nap so I could get one too, but that did not happen. She woke up fussy but after she got some more Tylenol and ate a banana she was feeling better and was happy and playing. She ended up eating a yogurt and some mashed potatoes and bread before getting ready for bed.
I could not wait to give her a bath! She smelled like the hosptial and blood. She is draining blood from her nose now more than her mouth. Actually haven't seen any from her mouth since this morning. Anyway, it gets everywhere. Gotta keep cleaning the nose out and spraying down her mouth so it stays clean. Lily is down hopefully for the night, but I am not counting on her sleeping through (although that would be nice). She feel asleep in a matter of minutes....she was exhausted. She has been good about not putting her thumb in her mouth and she didn't even try when she fell asleep for her nap and when she went down tonight. I did put a sock on her hand with some surgical tape around it so that she can't pull it off just in case she tries to do it during her sleep. Our doctor does not want to put arm restraints on her as he feels it causes them more stress.
All in all she has done really well today. I am hoping each day gets easier for her.