Jenna Update, Etc

It is today that Jenna had her surgery on her other ear here at Primary's Children Hospital. We had anticipated an out patient surgery and have her back at a hotel room for a quick recovery. Surgery took almost four hours and it was more in-depth that we had anticipated. They were going to patch up the permenant hole in her ear drum, some scraping and cleaning of some of the bones and be done. The patch in the ear was disquised by some of the infection and scaring and it was much bigger than the Doctor had thought and which was not picked up by the CAT Scan. In the end it turned out to be much like the previous surgery in November in which they had to remove the two bigger bones in the ear but they are hopeful that they were able to maintain the stirrup bone so she will have some hearing left in the ear. As with the other ear, they will have to go back into the ear in a few months and see what they can do to do to rebuild things. She was such a champion today and is still trying to wake up at this time. She misses everyone and will stay in the hospital overnight. They hope to remove the drain in the morning and then they will see if she can be released. I think we are in the same room that we were in last time so it is almost like home again even though it is not home. The staff is so good and Dr. Munz is so good and kind. When he came into the waiting room to talk to Ryan and me he just sat on the floor with pen and paper and drew pictures so we could understand what he did. He said it was good that we did the surgery when we did because four to six months it wouldn't have been good. We hope that all will work out that in the end that we can her ears fixed up and some hearing restored for her. Marilee has had a couple of pretty good days and I am sure she feels like she should be here taking care of Jenna. She is much better at Kelli's recovery and staying away from all the germs and stuff. She had blood drawn yesterday and the nurse reported back that everything looked pretty good. She has another treatment scheduled in a couple of weeks and one more in February. Jenna has talked to her a couple of times on the phone and will want to do again as she totally wakes up. Pete was able to come back from his month of work in California two weeks earlier than he anticipated. Max and Jillian were so glad to see him come home. They do love their dad.