I am thrilled but is this unusual?

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Hi all,

My daughter as I have said before had a Lafort I Ostonomy on August 13th. They

moved her upper jaw 4mm forward and widened her pallet and she has to wear the

splint in her mouth for 6 weeks It was 1 week yesterday and already her swelling

has gone down tremendously with very little bruising. Her cheeks are still

puffy and her lips a bit.

I am thrilled but must admit from reading posts on this site I rather expected

worse. Is this about normal or is she just doing better than usual.

I am finally getting food down her as she got the nerve to remove her bands to

eat some mac-n-cheese that she swallowed without chewing. The smell from her

nose has pretty much left since she realized the smell was coming from her

sinuses and once she started using the saline spray very often that made a huge

difference.

She made a mistake last night though. A friend came over and didn't know the

meaning of leave! So from 6 to 9 my DD talked to this girl and when she left my

DD was in great pain. I had to give her pain medicine for the first time in

days.

Still all in all I am pleased.

Anita