Thank you for all the extra prayers for Abby this week. She had her surgery Friday morning and everything went well. There was a little more to do than the doctor anticipated, but still nothing too big. Not much blood, no stitches and you really can't even tell anything was done. They checked us in and we all went back to the exam room. We just brought her in her comfy PJs so she didn't have to change into a gown or anything. After her vitals were checked (an ordeal in and of itself - I'm not sure why she was so freaked out by the oxygen monitor, but she was), we waited for the anesthesiologist. She came back right before the surgery and gave her some "goofy juice" through the nose. It was quick, but didn't knock her out, just made her more cooperative really. They then took her (and her babies - Mister Bear & Penguin) back to the OR. Once there, they actually put her to sleep with a gas mask and ran an IV (I was glad I didn't have to see them put her to sleep or put the IV in!). The whole thing took a few minutes then the doctor came and told us all was well.
I heard a little girl start crying in recovery and knew it was Abby. The doctor opened our door and there she was, sitting up in bed, chewing on Mister Bear's ear, crying. We went out to greet her and she wanted to immediately be held. We wheeled her back to her recovery station and the nurse said we could hold her in the rocker back there. She was really upset about the oxygen monitor on her tow again and had major tears. I'm sure she was confused and disoriented a bit which lead to the tears. The nurse brought her a popsicle (a first for Abby) and she gobbled it up. When it was all gone, we had a major melt down. The nurse felt so bad and quickly got her another popsicle. Nothing would calm that girl down, but as soon as she had her second popsicle in hand she was fine. Again, when that one was gone, the tears came running down her face again. I didn't want her to have any more, so we just worked through the crying.
We were quickly discharged and on our way. They showed us the exit (which was different than the entrance so we wouldn't scare the new patients arriving) and we were quickly on the road.
We got home just in time for lunch and she gobbled everything up (including Jake's leftovers). John ran to the pharmacy to get her pain meds and when he got back we gave her some and put them both down for their nap. I wasn't sure if she'd take one, but they both went down without a fuss really and slept till 4:30!
She stayed on pain meds all day Friday, but today she's been just fine. Not even a dose of motrin for that girl. You'd never know she had anything done yesterday. Looks like we're back to normal (although they took a long nap again today which I was happy about since they've been battling a cold).
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