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Sorry we went MIA for a bit. We were even late on updating the photos for the month of July….

But you see, we were a little hectic at the Raia household. Mary Elizabeth has been recovering from her surgery on July 30th.  The time in the hospital wasn’t so bad – she seemed good and her swelling didn’t appear to be too bad either. But as we’ve learned it’s day 2 that shows the most swelling and it’s day 3 that she is the most uncomfortable. Well day 2 showed a lot of swelling but sure enough she was playing and doing alright. Day 3- she was still really swollen of course, but also really uncomfortable and having a lot of trouble. For a few days she was having a really rough time. Her tongue was so swollen she couldn’t eat or talk, and she was having trouble sleeping because of how awful she felt. She was on tylenol with codeine but that didn’t even help totally.

All in all it was not easy but eventually she didn’t need the tylenol with codeine (just motrin) and slowly her swelling came down. As it stands now she does have some swelling but not too much, just some in the areas they injected and her mouth a bit too. But she’s able to eat, talk and sleep. And yes, she’s happy and not uncomfortable. Phew! We really hate seeing her like that so it’s a relief that she’s feeling better.

She will have a follow up visit with the Dr in about 6 weeks and as we know we can see improvements from this surgery up to 3 months from now still. Keep her in your prayers.

In the meantime, enjoy the July photos.