delayed

Surgery has been rescheduled.  Last Friday I spoke with the nurse that was going to do Lucy's pre op appointment.  She said if Lucy shows any symptoms that would indicate she is getting sick to call.  Lucy needs to be healthy going into surgery in order for recovery to be as short as possible.  I didn't worry about it since Lucy hasn't been sick since she came home a year ago.  Sure enough early Monday morning at about 1 a.m, as I was trying to rock Lucy back to sleep.  She seem rather warm.  I took her tempurature and it was 100.3 degrees.  At that time I called the cardiologist to see if there was anything we should do.  He said to keep an eye on her tempurature and look for any other symptoms.

Monday was a lot of sleeping, crying and tylenol.  Tuesday we made it to the pediatrician where she confirmed an ear infection and put Lucy on antibiotics.  Lucy will be  antibiotics for ten days.  You guessed it.....surgery is delayed.  They would like her healthy for a week after her antibiotics are done.  We have tentatively scheduled surgery June 4th.

Lucy had some trouble settling in her bed on Sunday night when her fever spiked, so we brought a pillow down to the family room and we snuggled on the couch.  All day Monday and Tuesday she did more lounging (mostly sleeping) on the couch.  Even sick and puffy she still looked adorable.

and I managed to sneak a smile...hope she can get back to her normal smiley self soon.