She is doing pretty well today. The gauze on her ear is really irritating her. She keeps picking at it and I keep reminding her to keep her little hands off of it. The skin graft on her hip is very sore. The skin graft that she had before was very painful but it was also very thick, this one is a lot thinner and should heal quickly.
So far there is no sign of facial paralysis for which we are extremely grateful. We will continue to watch and pray.
Lots of people are asking when we will know if she can hear. Because the ear canal & inner ear are newly formed the body will try to close the hole because it hasn't been there before so it is deeply bandaged to keep it open as it heals. They will remove the bandaging on the 5th of January, which is ironically, exactly one year since her first surgery. Once they remove the bandaging she should be able to hear. As far as an official hearing test though, we aren't sure when that will be yet.
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