Thank you MY 19 YR OLD IS SET FOR 12-20-04 !

December 2, 2004

Thanks so much for the encouragement, I have to go now but will

certainly be back and am so glad your doing well. I need to keep my

faith and trust because I do have it. Of course I only want the best

for my " baby " and will be her caretaker so I will need it SPELLED out

to me how to take care of her once home.

Should i spend the night at the hospital??? the first night??

Thanks much

> Hi Mom ,

> will do just fine. She is young and will bounce back quickly.

It is very scary. I had mine 5 weeks ago and was scared to death.

But the doctors are very skilled in what they do. The first day for

me was bad. I was in ICU with a catheter. I couldn't drink even

with a syringe. After 1 1/2 days, I got out of ICU and was able to

get out of that terrible hospital gown, wash my face, and put on my

own PJs. The doc let me go home to my babies once I could show him I

could drink. So, I was determined to get liquid down with that

syringe. After about a week, I was able to eat soft food. But, each

person is different. Now, the OS says he wants me to chew. I am but

I get tired doing it and get headaches. It really isn't that bad now

that I look back on it, but for the first couple of weeks, I was

wondering why the heck I did this. But now I am just waiting for

some swelling in my cheeks to go away and for the numbness to go away

too. And I can't wait to get my brac!

> es off and show off my new smile!

>

> Do you have specific questions we can answer?

>

> Shauna

> >

> > From: " meadowlark101 " <mdbaron101@m...>

> > Date: 2004/12/02 Thu PM 10:27:43 GMT

> > Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] MY 19 YR OLD IS SET

FOR 12-20-04 !

> >

>

December 2, 2004