It's been just over 24 hours since Ethan has come out of surgery and he already seems back to his normal self. Granted - this is also while on pain medications. But at least his pain is under control and he seems quite comfortable and quite himself.
As per the doctor - the muscles that were repaired around the lip in the surgery are already functioning. He actually already has a fairly strong suction on the binky. This bodes quite well for further progress on his oral feedings and with luck, we may yet be off the G-tube by the end of the year.
The overall bloatedness of the (now not so) little guy (due to all the fluids pumped into him during surgery) will take a few days to subside (i.e. several days for him to pee it all out). The swelling on the right side of his face (where the macrostomia repair took place) has increased as per what the doctor said would happen. This should disappear over the next few days on it's own.
- bob
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