At the 24 hour mark a few days before this date and we are overwhelmed… thank you for your prayers, good thoughts, notes, and all the love. She/we can feel it. I’d give you a picture of her but since she’s sleeping, I can’t get her permission. But feel free to enjoy Moosey and her new rainbow cat unicorn watching over her.
The surgery went well and the objective was achieved. She has a bag attached to her stomach with a direct line for bile to leave her body to reduce the itching. There was a complication (an unknown thing that popped up because they don’t do this test and treatment often) and they took care of it and it’s all fine. Everyone here is amazing.
We are overwhelmed with gratitude for Dr. Romero for this miraculous plan and for him leading all of this, with several surgeons and doctors and nurses making sure it’s all coming together. So many people. There aren’t many words for the depth of our gratitude.
As you might imagine, she was in a great deal of pain through the night and didn’t really rest. She finally settled down early this morning. Our goal is to stay ahead of the pain. She has meds for that as well as an epidural, which I don’t think she finds helpful. I’m sure she has a few rough days coming and I’m also sure that it will all be worth it. If something goes awry with this treatment, then we move on to a liver transplant, because we can never go back. She can never not know how it feels to not itch 24/7 again. It’s like she’s half a new person, without the distraction of trying to find relief from the constant assault on her body’s skin.
I dare say when she’s not just had surgery, her full personality is showing itself again. And we’re here, ready for it.
