4 out of 6 drains - GONE

We removed Tegan's final drain and Corban's first drain last night.  Tegan did really well sitting still as I snipped the stitch on each of them to pull them out.  He really impressed me.  Now he did not like the feeling of the drain tubes being pulled out but I can't blame him.  I'm sure it has to be a weird feeling. Corban on the other hand, I knew, would no be thrilled about needing to sit still but we got it done.  I know both boys were glad to have their mesh helmets taken off this morning. I was glad to see them with them off too!  Corban still has the drains for his back expanders in and they will probably be in for the full 10 days as they were still full when he woke up this morning.  I confirmed with the nurse that this is normal.  She gave me some tips on what to do before pulling them on Sunday.  We will also be doing the first weekly expander fills on Sunday. I am not looking forward to that but we only have 8 weeks to fill them up so we've gotta get started.

Here are some happy boys with their drains and mesh helmets gone!

And Angel one week after revisions. Her eye is still a bit swollen, hoping that will go down soon.