The Louk Dynasty: Day 2: A Success

Just as in many other surgeries before, we woke up early and you could tell we all were a bit anxious. Although it was raining, the taxi got us there faster than a New York minute. In the waiting room we got to meet some other children that were going in for similar surgeries as Madison. Dr. Waner is truly the man. The things that he has been able to do and the amount of time he dedicates to his profession is admirable. He has changed hundreds of children's lives world wide. Thank God he is the one taking care of Madison.

She got in fairly quickly. Unlike the last times, this time she was extremely nervous. With age comes awareness, and sometimes, with awareness comes fear. This is one of those situations where "ignorance is bliss." And if you have ever spent anytime with her, you would know how much she likes to ask questions. Interestingly enough, she didn't have one for the doctor but when he asked her if she had any questions for him, she looked square at him and said... "I love you"... classic Madison. Right words at the right time.

The surgery went extremely well. Everything that the doctor wanted to do, he did. The removed a lot of the scaring she had in her upper lip, inserted some cartilage from her left ear into her nose, and did laser on her hemangioma. All in about 2 hours. She was release fairly quickly and home we went. Now is when this gets hard.

We spent the rest of the day just chillin' out, on the sofa watching TV and doing art work. Noemi is extremely careful and having my mom around has been great. Cleaning her wounds have been the challenge. She is really a strong child. Poor thing was crying her head off but she let us get in there and do the uncomfortable... twice. Everything is nice, clean, and glistening with ointment. She's on some pain meds and has been quite the character. Here are some pictures of the day. Enjoy and thanks to all of you who had her in your prayers. It really means a lot to us.