2 weeks out (After!)

Here are some pictures of Owen's progress. The first is day 1. You can see he looks pretty swollen, mostly from the IV fluid being pumped into him. By his release date (day 3) he looked much better and just had the swelling to contend with. The little orange thing in his nose is used to hold open his rebuilt nostril while it is healing. Last pic was taken today. As you can see Owen is looking pretty good! He still has a small amount of bruising and swelling but he's almost there. The hardest part has been the ear and chest infection that he picked up while at the hospital. Its made him much more miserable than the surgery! Owen is on antibiotics and its clearing up. I can tell he's feeling better because he has most definitely been acting up (2 time outs in 2 days, both for throwing his food like some kind of ape).

We now know that our next adventure, palate surgery, is scheduled for March 22. This one makes me nervous as I am told the recovery is much harder. Its exciting though, because 6 weeks after that we start speech therapy, and find out what Owen has to say.

Our biggest challenge in the next 6 weeks will be finding stuff to do while on a budget (ok, broke). We're both getting cranky and definitely need to get out and doing things. Hmmmm.