Open Reduction take 1: right hip

Longest. Day. Ever.  It wasn't quite as smooth as the closed was, but, it was successful and we have 1 hip already on the path to recovery.  Rilynn slept great last night. I woke her up at 5:30 to feed her and she snuggled with us until about 8:30.  We arrived at 10 for our 11:30 scheduled time.  At 2:45 she finally went back and they started around 3. For not eating for a total of 13 hours, she was a trooper. Everyone loved her and her hair of course. We got to see her around 5:30. She had a coddle which is pretty much a baby epideral and is on pain medication. If her pain is under control, we can go home tomorrow.  She hasn't smiled yet and is sleeping a lot, but the nurses are staying on top of her pain. The right hip, which was the most difficult hip during her closed, went in smoothly after they cut some tendons that were in the way. The surgeons felt that everything went great and put her in a pink cast with half of her left leg freed up until August 12 when we do the left hip.