The Big Reveal!!!

Well ok...I want nothing more than to show some pictures of our "new" Brooklyn, but they are a bit "inappropriate" to show right now. Ok back up a little......

We didn't have a bad night at all last night. It was definitely worse after she had her first surgery. (But we do realize that this won't last becuase the next surgery she'll be getting an expander in again...) To say she's bounced back quick is an understatement. Exceptionally speedy is even an understatement!! Last night for about an hour she was pretty unsteady on her feet...getting used to the weight (or lack there of) on her head. But after that hour, she was back to it.

She just woke up a time or 2 in the middle of the night, which was a heck of a lot better than 15+ times for the first 3 weeks after the first surgery! We slept in very late cause after that nap we had yesterday we didn't get to bed until late. So we got up, got ready, & went to Dr. Bauer's office to have her dressing changed. This was the big reveal for us! We were sooo excited to see her without the dressing on.

And boy were we not disappointed! We saw a forehead....a FULL forehead. We saw a scalp. And we saw hundreds of stitches. There has to be 300+ stitches. They're all so incredibly small & delicate...& VERY well done. Mim, Dr. Bauer's nurse, said that probably more than half the surgery time was putting the stitches in. She said that Dr. Bauer came back to the office & told her & Susan, the other nurse, about the surgery & how well it went. And she said that he was very excited that he got 80% of the nevus!

I took 3 pictures of her new head. They are good pictures, but I'm going to restrain myself & not show them until after we get the drains out. We want to get those out, wash her head, & make it less "icky" looking. I really do want to show them, but I don't think you'll get the full effect until it's cleaned up better. However, if you can't wait, message me & I'll send a pic. :)

When we left Dr. Bauer's office we got lunch & then got myself some frozen yogurt...mmmmm. So now our only question is: what to do for dinner! ;o) 

Brooklyn hasn't stopped going ever since yesterday when she woke up. She's more active now than she was before the surgery! I'm so happy that she's back to her normal self. It's a relief to know that she can return to normal after going through something so traumatic.

More to come...