Monday, August 21, 2006

What a trooper!

I finally found some time to send an update on Olivia. Many of you know the details of Olivia's surgery but for those who we don't see often here she is. Olivia had her hemangioma removed on July 31st. She was absolutely amazing. She never cried once in the long hours at the hospital and after the surgery was completed she didn't have a bit of pain medication and acted like her usual happy self! It has now been three weeks and her stitches are gone and the scar is already fading. The swelling is still there and after a year the doctor will determine if she needs any follow up surgery to minimize the scar or shape of her nose. We will just wait and see but for now Olivia is doing great and showing off a lot of new hats to shade her face from sun!

Here is Olivia at the beginning of July before the surgery.

Here is our happy girl the morning after her surgery!

Not the best picture but you can see how well she is doing. The scar is much lighter but the swelling is still there.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Olivia is beautiful any way you look at her! I can't wait to see you all Labor Day weekend.

Anonymous said...

By the way, the doc did great work on the surgery, don't you think?

Anonymous said...

What a pretty girl you are! We love you baby O!!!
Hope to see you all soon!

Anonymous said...

Grandma and Grandma are so proud of baby Olivia! You are beautiful and you light up our lives!!

Anonymous said...

She's beautiful! I must say that you have very beautiful children... keeping in the the family tradition, of course! ;)