Surgery

Emma had her eye surgery today and all went well.  We got her packed into the car about 6:30am (normal time for her and me to get going in the morning anyways!) and drove about 40 minutes to Children's West Hospital.  We checked in, and dad handed me the bag to go change her dirty diaper (he will usually go do it himself, maybe it was because it was so early in the morning?!).  We then we called back to the pre-op/play room.  It was so interesting to be at the Children's hospital because they take SUCH good care of the kids AND the parents, always making sure we were OK and comfortable and SO much for Emma to play with.  

We got her changed into their "pj's" and red woolly socks, then had her temp and oxygen level taken (with a little monitor on her toe).  Then she had a good 15-20 minutes to play in the large room while they got paper-work filled out.  We had the surgeon, the nurse, and the anesthetist come talk with us to make sure we were well informed and comfortable.  Emma got a big purple "X" above her left eye, to make sure they did the procedure on the correct eye!

When it was time to go into the "induction" room (where the kids are put under) there were twinkling lights all over the ceiling.  Emma could tell something was happening, she got quite squirmy and a little fussy.  We tried to ease her into the mask, but the smell of the gas was not to her liking.  SO, with her baby in her arms, her in my arms, and Elliott holding on to her arms, the man making sure her legs didn't get mixed in the wires, and the lady holding the mask on her face...... She finally fell into sleep, only about 1 minute after they put it on her.  Both Elliott and I got teary eyed as they were doing it because it changed her breathing a bit, and she was uncomfortable and struggling a bit.  I say her "lullaby".....  Whooo!  But once she was calm then we were all OK.

We were shown to the family waiting area, and Elliott went to go grab us a bite to eat (she couldn't eat or drink this morning so we only had coffee - that was a must!).  About 15 minutes later the surgeon came in - all done!  He told us it went well, and actually they had to use a larger instrument than normal because the blockage of the tear duct was quite tight.  he was so kind and gave us his personal cell phone number in case we had any concerns.

About 5 minutes after that they called us into the recovery area because she was awake.... When we walked in she was flailing for all she was worth (and she is VERY strong) in a nurses arms.  She just snuggled right in to me, and I gave her some juice and then she felt better.  We were in the recovery room for about 20 minutes I'd say (they like to monitor them to make sure they don't have any adverse reaction to the anesthesia).  She drank ALL of her juice, and we read a couple of books, and then she had her Organic Clifford Crunch Cereal!  She also had some graham Crackers......  

She was a bit fussy on the way home, but by the time we got back here she was rearing and ready to go!!!!!!  She is napping now - yay:)

Love to all....