Abby's Surgery

This morning, Abby had her surgery to remove the piece of glass that was left under her scalp after her accident in August. For those of you who don't know, she feel into a window-well and broke the window with the back of her head. At the time of the accident, the ER doctor told us that he was sure that there was no glass left in the wound and stapled it shut.

A ridge began to form perpendicular to one of the original wounds. First the doctor said that it was just scar tissue forming, not to be concerned and he would see me in a month at her 2 year old check up. The ridge had not gone down and there seemed to be something poking out. The doctor looked at the wound with a lighted pair of microscopic goggles and saw something shiny, confirming it to be a piece of glass, but believed it to be about the size of a raisin. He referred us to a pediatric surgeon, because he was unable to remove the glass on in his own in the office.

The surgeon was able to measure the piece of glass in his office and recommended surgery to remove the glass; which he believed to be a sliver about an inch to an inch and a half in length. Based on her age and the possible incision that would be necessary to remove the glass completely, she would be placed under general anesthetic.

She did so well. Much better than mommy and daddy did. She got to ride a cool motorized car into the operating room and was handled by nurses and doctors that were especially suited and trained to handle children. She was smiling and giggling on her way there. Possible one of the hardest things that I have yet to handle was watching her go down the hallway to the operating room.

The actual surgery was very fast. The entire procedure took about 30 minutes. The surgeon only had to make a very slight incision at the edge of the piece of glass and was able to pull it out. It didn't require stitches or staples at all, but was able to be closed with some kind of special surgical tape. The piece of glass was just over an inch in length and about 1/4 of an inch thick.

We're thankful all is well and that this is all hopefully over. :)