Miri's procedure, Part III UPDATE

I figured the day after the surgery (yesterday) would be the worst. Apparently I was wrong.

Miriam had a bit of a fever yesterday, so I took her to a 24-hour care facility since she woke up from her very long afternoon nap after our ophthalmologist's and pediatrician's offices were both closed. The doctor there looked in her ears and mouth and listened to her lungs. He reported that everything looked good and that it's not unusual for babies to get fevers post-op.

Then this morning at 1:30, we awoke to Miri's screams. Seth responded more quickly than I, so he lifted Miri out of her crib and exclaimed, "She's burning up!" I gave her ibuprofen, and Seth and I debated whether one of us should take her to the ER. Instead, we decided to try and lower her temp (104.6°) ourselves by stripping her and putting in a lukewarm bath.

The bath was torturous for everyone involved. Miri screamed like a banshee. I cried. Seth asked if I needed to leave. Then Seth gave Miriam a priesthood blessing of healing. We kept her in the bath a little longer, and then we took her out, dressed her in just a diaper and onesie, and checked her temperature again. We're not exactly sure what it was (we need a new thermometer--her temp ranged from 98 to 101°, according to it), but it had definitely gone down.

I held her for a while in the rocking chair as she snuggled in my arms. The poor girl was exhausted from all the screaming, bathing and fever-having. Eventually, I put her back in bed and she slept until 7 a.m. Remarkably, she didn't have a fever when Seth brought her in to nurse this morning. However, she has one now, so she's been medicated all day, and we're going to go to the ophthalmologist's (INTERRUPTION: That's the first time I've spelled that word correctly without having to use the spell check/suggestions!) office to get an antibiotic later on this afternoon.

Right at this moment, she's acting a little more like herself, but most of the morning she laid around and didn't show much of an interest in anything. We hope she can bounce back to being our sweet, happy little girl soon.

Miri, two days post-op. The bruises have darkened, and she's not as perky. The only thing she's shown much interest in is the camera lens (notice the blobby thumb in the foreground on the left side).