After Surgery Number 2

What a grueling day. Got up at 5 a.m. to be in Ft. Worth by 6:30 a.m. for an 8:30 surgery time. We were told it was going to take 2 hours. 6 hours later, the surgeon comes out and tells us to go into a private room.

He explains to us what he had to do; describing that the cause of the spinal fluid collecting was because of scar tissue building up from the first surgery. Going on to tell us that he's concerned that she's not showing any signs of movement in her left leg, but it's too soon to draw any conclusions. He told us he had to be very aggressive in clearing the area around the cord and had to touch it several times, which is absolutely what they want to avoid. His words, "the spinal cord was very angry with me today."

This may seem disgusting to describe, but at that moment my body seemed to just unload toxins to the point that it was disgusting even for me. I suppose it was just the stress of thinking of the possibility of our little girl being paralyzed.

Throughout the waiting to actually see Emily, I was updating my Facebook status whenever we received more information on Emily.

Needless to say, we had many people praying and a tremendous amount of relief to hear that her foot was responding to touch.

As soon as we got her situated in a recovery room, I brought Maria Marcela's belongings and headed back to pick up Andrew who was anxiously waiting since he thought it was only going to be a couple of hours.

Andrew and I are home and we just got of the phone with Maria Marcela AND Emily, who was undoubtedly in pain complaining of both of her legs hurting. She did not have the leg pain with her surgery back in October. So, there's obvious signs of the surgeon messing with the spinal cord.

They had just started administering a pain killer while we were on the phone and we're hoping for a restful night's sleep for both of them.

Thank you for everyone's thoughts, prayers and concern.