Home from the Hospital

Hi all. This is Keith on blogging duty tonight. Mia is in the rocking chair with Mommy putting up a good fight against impending sleep. She has been quite the Mommy's girl through this ordeal.

As most of you know, Mia's surgery was yesterday morning (Thursday). It was a scary, helpless experience (as I know you know), but something we had to do.

Mia did so well, she was discharged today (Friday). And I'm happy to say I'm writing this in my pajamas on my couch!

Of course, yesterday was a tough day. She had a lot of pain and post anesthesia jitters. But by this morning, she was eating (sort of), talking (sort of), playing with some Play-Doh and walking around.

This afternoon, she got out in the yard and watched me bathe our dog Max. She even brushed him!

Our girl has a bit to go. As well as she's doing, she is still "in recovery." And we're going to have to keep her from picking at the surgery area.

What's funny is that, as I write this, Tracy and I are sitting in our family room (Mia's finally asleep..for now), and the Phillies/Reds game is on the TV. For any of you who really know us, Tracy and I DON'T watch sports...EVER. I had to glance at the TV to see how to spell Phillies. We learned last night in the hospital room that our little girl will only calm down and go to sleep with a baseball game on (can you tell she spends a lot of time at baseball fields watching her big brothers?).

Go figure.

We thank each and every one of you for your thoughts and prayers. This was not an enjoyable experience, but the outcome couldn't have been better.