Grace's Tethered Cord Surgery

We had to go to Oakland for Grace's surgery, and we were there for a total of one week. It was pretty hard to let Grace go to her surgery, but I had to trust that the doctors knew what they were doing, which they did. They called us throughout the surgery to let us know that everything went well, and it was a surgery totaling 6 hours. The doctors let us know that when they cute the tether, the spine spring back into place, and so it's obvious Grace needed the surgery! They were glad they did the surgery this young, when Grace was only 7 months. She recovered well, and even though she swelled up in the hospital because of the IV, she lost all that swelling pretty quick. She is such a trooper, and all the nurses just loved working with her. The stitches totaled 25, but it was really just a continuous stitch with 3 single stitches to close up the small openings left over. Upon returning home, she healed really well, and was back to herself in no time. After the two weeks, we returned to Oakland to get the stitches out, and then in about 3 more weeks, the wound was completely healed!