People I Miss and Love

This is my family.  I don't really miss myself, because I'm in the picture.  Mom's not in the picture but she's with me so I don't really miss her either.  There is someone that looks like mom in the picture and that's Sophie.  Sophie, Logan, Chloe, and Dad are in the picture.  And me.  This is in our kitchen.  I just wanted to say that I love them all. 

Love, Gabi

Flowers and Friends

This is Gabi and her friends that we are staying with Alaina and Keelie.  They've been good helpers.  Gabi got these flowers today from Grandma Ginny and family.  She was sooooo excited because they are PURPLE!  :)  Gabi didn't want to write yet...hopefully tomorrow she'll take over again.  Jane...Gabi's mom

the day after surgery

Today we are out of the hospital and resting at Lisa and Jim's house.  They are our good friends.  Gabi doesn't want to write on here today.  She told me to do it.  She is really sore today.  Thank goodness for t.v.  She and her friend Kiki are watching cartoons.  We put a palm tree ponytail on the top of her head and she looks really cute but she doesn't want any pictures right now.  Gabi said, "Exactly."

Graphic Surgery Pictures

Here is the new ear. The suction tubes can be seen at the bottom. The left tube runs up and you can see the tube come out again in the center of her ear (under the skin). The right tube comes up around the top right of her ear...also under the skin. You can see that her little ear is still on there, and the ear is flat against her head. Subsequent surgeries will take the little ear off, make the ear lobe, and raise the ear off her head. THEN we can open it up and she can HEAR! :)

This is her little ear before surgery, and the rib cartilage that is all carved and ready to go in under the skin. 

Post Op

The tubes on the side are a suction device which keeps the skin tight against the new ear, which helps it all grow together.  We will stay here all night and tomorrow a.m. they will let us go home.  She will go home with those tubes and I have to change them over the weekend.  Then she has a post op on Tuesday at which they will take those tubes off.  She's still very sleepy.  Apparently they operated on "Beary" too when they were in there because Beary has a matching bandage.  Don't they look great?  :)  Gabi's mom...jane

Gabi's in Surgery!

Hi this is Gabi's mom...
I thought you might like to see a picture of Gabi as she is waiting to go into surgery.  She looks a little sleepy in this picture because they gave her some cherry flavored medicine to help her go to sleep for the surgery.  She will be in surgery for 4 hours.  I will be waiting in the waiting room for that whole time. 

The surgery center has a lot of nice people here.  They let her take her special stuffed animals back with her.  She took "Beary" which is the animal Gabi has had since she was a little baby, "Tony" who is Auntie Meme's bear from when she was a little girl, and "Treea" who is her new puppy that Grandma Donna gave her.
The nice thing about that medicine they gave her is that it made her very happy.  :)  Jane

Dr Brent's Office

In this picture I'm sitting on Dr. Brent's lap with some fish behind us.  This is in his waiting room.  Dr. Brent is really nice.  He also has a bunch of stuffed animals in his waiting room.
 

In this picture I am standing in front of a beautiful bush in front of the mall.  This bush kind of looks like palm tree leaves.  We went shopping for collage books because Dr. Brent gave me an idea.  He was talking about collages in his office.  He was doing a collage and I really like art so I'm going to try to make one too! :)  

The Creative Gabi

Airplane

On the airplane I did some of my homework.  Dad and Grandma Donna drove me and mom to the airplane.  Grandma Donna gave me a miniture schnauzer webkins.  I hope to sign it in today.  The flight was fun because there were barely any airpockets, and the airpockets were just little ones.  Then we landed and mom told me I was going to be the navigator.  What she told me to memorize was:  luggage, car, GPS, "In n Out", jim and lisa's house.  The GPS's name is Rhoda.  We named her Rhoda because she directs us to the roads we need to go on.  Right now I'm on the computer with mom.  Today we have a preop appointment with Dr. Brent and his partner.  Right now I'm staring outside at the palm trees. 
Bye!  Gabi