Ivey had an appointment with her surgeon today - that was great! Her upper jaw has moved forward enough that no more turns of the distractors are needed! This was sooner than planned.
From here the distractors will stay in place and she will heal for the next 6 weeks. Let's hope that this will allow pain to subside and swelling. Most importantly, let's hope for a little sleep, something that is a mute point as of now.
At the end of the 6 weeks, Ivey will return for another surgery to remove the distractors and plates.
The surgery has allowed space for her breathing to improve. Still there is a lot of swelling that gets in her way, let's hope that improves too. In the meantime, I leave you with this, our sweet girl when she does sleep - with distractors, plates and swelling... if the stress of this doesn't kill us, her snoring will. But it is the sweetest nerve wracking sound I've ever listened to, even from across the house. Enjoy the video clip.
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