Kacie's Sinus Surgery

Kacie was still having really bad headaches and we were disappointed that pulling her wisdom teeth didn't do the trick so I took her back to the Sinus Center on December 2nd and they did a CT scan. The picture below shows the difference between normal sinuses on the left and hers on the right.  Of all the problems you can have with your sinuses she has all three.  She has a deviated Septum, her sinus pathways are blocked and she has problems with her turbinates which I didn't fully understand.  So Dr. John Boyajian suggested that she have surgery.  We were surprised they were able to schedule her so soon on December 8th.

 Getting some ice cream after her appointment...

 Still cute even in those ugly hospital gowns.  We had to wait about two hours before they took her into surgery.  Luckily I was able to go over to St. Als and see Brandon at his doctors appointment while Kacie was in surgery.  I was even able to make it back before she woke up.  When the doctor talked to us he said she also had polyps that he removed which was surprising to him because they weren't on the CT scan.  He said they may or may not come back which is kind of frustrating.  He said everything else went fine but he did a lot of scraping so he packed her nose so we have to go back the next morning to have the packing removed.

We stayed the night in Boise at the Holiday Express near the Sinus Center on Park Ave.  I have never seen Kacie in so much pain before.   She was taking two pain killers every two hours and she was still hurting.  It was nice when later that night she was able to finally get a little sleep.  Grandma and Jim came by for a short visit and brought her come kettle corn and a book from Noelle Pikus-Pace which was really nice of them.  Mom and Dad came later that night with Brady for a visit too then Scott went home with them and Mom stayed the night with Kacie and I.

The next morning as the doctor was taking out the packing from her nose, Kacie got really nauseated and I was really impressed with how caring the doctor was with her.  He held her head with both of his hands...it was really touching.  I couldn't believe how much better she felt having that packing removed but she still was up to traveling so we spent another night at the hotel.  She continued to improve a little bit each day and eventually her headaches stopped.  We sure pray that does the trick. She didn't go back to school until December 17th just in time to get all her assignments caught up before the Christmas break.