Recovery Update

We got back to Canberra last night after an extra day recovering.  Saturday night was worse than Friday!!  We had been given two types of medication for Issy along with her antibiotics.  The first was baby Panadol and the second was called PainStop.  During the day we had been giving her Panadol every 4 hours, but the doctors recommended the PainStop at night as it has a little codeine in it and may help her to sleep.  WELL...that was not to be the case.  Instead Isabel had a horrible reaction to the codeine...think she was just too little and it was too much for her system and she threw up most of the night.  It was so awful and I was beside myself.

Once we switched back to Panadol she settled down again, but the swelling by the morning was getting bigger and bigger.  Watching the Rugby World Cup there was a very real comparison to Mike Tindall (the England captain)!!

Poor Issy looks like she had a very rough night at the pub!

Luckily after a good night sleep on Sunday night the swelling went right down.  I was so scared that the other eye was going to swell and she wasn't going to be able to see or hear!! :(

We had a great day today playing at home and Isabel slept most of the morning.  By 5pm this evening she was back to her bubbly self eating and drinking out of her sippy cup and socialising with everyone.

Still a little bit of a moon face, but shrinking by the hour

A couple more days and I know she will be 100% again.  So glad this horrible part is behind us and we can now focus on 'Activation Day' which will hopefully be next week if her scars have healed up nicely.

M. x