One week post op

Only a week has gone by since our last surgery, and Leah is recovering remarkably quickly. She is still taking a dose of pain medication in the morning, and a half-dose at bedtime, and that medication is making her a bit sleepy, but otherwise she is showing no effects at all of the surgery. Her appetite was a little slow to return, but on Sunday afternoon it came back all at once, and she polished off several cubes of sweet potato, beef, apples, and even some pureed chickpeas.

Her incision seems to be healing much more quickly this time as well. I'm not sure if it's because there was less swelling with this surgery so her body can focus on healing the incision, or if it just looks better because her whole head was not shaved, but it's hard to believe from this photo below that the incision was made only a week ago!