We can fix her

I can't find the pictures from right after surgery, they were scary, I think my mom deleted them from the computer. Please enjoy this picture of monkeys feeding chickens!


So next is Daryl's surgery. She was taken downstairs at about 8am for a routine operation to remove the atresias (from Greek, A- meaning without,-TRESIA meaning orifice)from her intestine. we were very happy that the surgery was so soon after birth because that meant she could come home sooner. We were told to come back in a couple hours and she would be there for us to see. at noon we returned to be told that they needed another hour,. we sat in the waiting room for that hour and then checked back with the front desk. This time they told us it would be a couple more hours. As if our day wasn't already long and stressful enough, what the hell could be taking so long? well, we got our answer at about 4:30, seven hours after surgery began. the ultrasound showed that there were more than one atresia, so they expected to find a few. what they didn't expect, and for good reason, was to find SIX blockages to remove. about one third of daryl's small intestine was gone. a whole day worth of surgery was much worse on us than it was on her, but don't tell her that. we just found out last week from the surgeon, that this has never been seen before by her, or anyone else in the world. what a girl, just her second day with us and i have to call the guiness record people AGAIN.Trust me , the pictures even freak me out, you'd rather see the monkies feed these chickens.