Lily's Surgery

Didn't take long for Lily to kick back and relax. It's easy when you have a great Daddy.Shortly after settling down after surgery.
Dr. Fox with Lily before surgery. Yeah, Dave's a little tired. He just finished working 48 hours in 4 days so that he could be home for the week to help out with Lily.
Lily and Mommy just before the big moment.
Arriving @ 7am for surgery

Surgery went so well. Better than we expected. We went in at 7am and were ready to go home by 1pm. Lily went off with the nurse for surgery with a smile on her face, but when we went into the PACU we could hear her screaming down the hallway. She was steaming mad about having those elbow restraints on, and she hadn't eaten for nearly 20 hours. We got her some water and the screaming stopped and she settled down like a dream.

Her brothers couldn't wait to see her when they came home from school. Nicholas said right away that she has a different look to her now. She has a cute little button nose and her eyes even appear different. It didn't take long after we met her in China that we didn't even notice her cleft anymore. Even though we are so glad to see her lip repaired, we kind of miss "our Lily." Daniel said he misses her big, wide smile. Kinda' hard now, but she'll be smiling again once things heal up. She ate a big bowl of cream of wheat when we got home and had some of the chicken dish that our friends,the Bailey's brought over. She always finds a way to get some food in.

Dr. Fox gave her a local anesthetic which is supposed to last 8-12 hours. That means any time now she'll start feeling discomfort. Although we started alternating Tylenol and Ibuprofen since 1pm today. Hopefully, that will make a difference. She's in sleeping with Dave now.

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support. Once again, our God is amazing and has answered our prayers in bringing us through this time. We are blessed beyond measure.

~Sue for the family.

So, we found our camera and here are a couple of pictures of Lily in her ladybug costume with her cousins. They were all bugs for Halloween. Lily's Grandma also bought her an Asian baby doll that looks just like her, we call it her "mini- me."

We're getting closer to the day of surgery and we'll be glad to have it over with. Doc will call on Friday morning to let us know what time to be at the hospital on Monday morning. She's first on the list.

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving as a family of five. We didn't have to do any cooking, just brought our "turkey" as an appetizer. Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Her brothers dressed her up and she loved it.

Upcoming Surgery

Finally able to get some pigtails!North Point Summit, September 2010
Lily's first summit!
Poor Dave was a bit tired with our little bundle of joy on his back.
Getting ready to hike up North Point in the Catskills.

It's been a while and things around the Scicchitano household are going just fine. Lily is growing, her hair is getting a little longer. She is saying a few words now, not entirely clear to the new ear... but we can hear her repeat things we say, like "doggie" and "where are you?" Lily LOVES to read books over and over and over... you get the picture. She started making animal noises. She would make a sort of "woof" sound for a while which was so cute, until she learned that the goose says "honk" and now everything says "honk." Although she does like to make fish lips and a sucking noise for the fish. She just went through a bout of teething and has almost a mouth full of teeth all at once. She can also handle her bottle all by herself now.

In September we went on a hike in the Catskills. It was Lily's first... and last summit with us until she is able to do it herself. It was such a beautiful day and she said "Hi" to everyone we passed on the way. I'm sure we'll do some walking trails with her, but the mountains are reserved just for the boys for now. Daniel says he'll come back and re-do some mountains with us when Lily is able. What an awesome kid he is!

We had a fun Halloween. We dressed her up as a ladybug and went out candy harvesting with my brother and his daughters. There will be pictures to follow in a few days (when we find our camera... yikes!).

November 29th is the big day. We will see Dr. Fox in Schenectady for Lily's lip revision and she'll have her ears pierced too. It is supposed to be same day surgery and she will have elbow restraints for a week or more just to ensure she doesn't do any damage to herself. I'm not so sure how this will go over with her. Please keep her and us in your prayers for this procedure and the weeks to follow as she heals.

Enjoy some updated pictures and we'll keep you all posted on Lily's progress.

~Sue, for The Scicchitano's