I’m so pleased that your daughter has a date, that’s good to hear!
There’s lots of info about surgery in general in this post:
ES Information- Treatment: Surgery - Welcome / Newbies Guide to Eagle Syndrome - Living with Eagle
There’s a link to a suggested surgery shopping list so you can get prepared in advance, & you can always use the search function to look up post-op recovery stories, like this one:
Upcoming Nakaji Surgery Recovery - General - Living with Eagle
The best advice is for your daughter to keep propped up as much as possible, and to ice the area regularly to keep swelling down. Take pain meds on time rather than waiting for the pain to get worse, it’s harder to control once it gets worse again. If your daughter reacts to anesthesia then talk about this beforehand as there are anti-nausea meds which can help. Make sure you have soft foods ready beforehand as chewing & mouth opening can be tricky, and laxatives in case the pain meds cause constipation… Lots of rest, and prepare for symptoms to take a while to improve, especially where there’s been significant vascular compression, as the swelling can make this worse for a bit, and the brain can take a while to re-adjust to the change in blood flow- this can takes weeks, not days.
Hopefully others who’ve had surgery with Dr Hepworth can give you advice!
There’s info too in other posts about flying if you have to travel this way?
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