i woke up at 5:30 gathered everything up i could remember to bring, put it in the car, got kathryn out of bed around 5:45, put her in the car, and we were off. i was trying not to flip out from all the unknowns, and just take it as it came...i had prepared myself... got the finances in line, decided what time we needed to leave to get there on time, and planned what we might need to keep us entertained as we waited (books)...so we got there at 6:20 (5 mins late, but no biggie) signed papers, paid our $263 to the facility and waited for them to call us back. it wasn't a long wait, but we somehow ended up in seats right in front of the water fountain (kathryn couldn't have anything to eat or drink after 9) so that was frustrating for kathryn to be reminded she was thirsty but to hear she couldn't have any...
for some reason she said she wanted cake...i told her she could have whatever she wanted after surgery: popsicles, ice cream, juice, chocolate milk, yougurt "water" she interjected, "yes, if you want water, you can have water too" as i said that she jumped up and started for the water fountain, i had to laugh, "no sweetie, no water before your surgery, you'll have to wait til after" she is sneaky. i'm really bad at convincing anyone to do something they don't want to do... i was worried she'd suddenly stop cooperating and get really scared or uncomfortable...
we finally got called back, and they took her vitals, then she had to get her ankle braclet on and i got one that matched on my wrist...she didn't want it on. i told her if she didn't have it on, they wouldn't know who her mommy was, and they might give her to the wrong person! that's why mommy had one too, so they would see we matched. then she had to take her shirt off and get a gown on...she was not wanting that gown on...i pulled out the "present" (nemo book) i got her just for her surgery, and convinced her to put her gown on so we could look at the book... we were waiting for at least 20 mins (which with a kid who doesn't want to be there can be a LONG time) to have them do the next step... the doc finally came told us the anesthesiologist was going to come by and get kathryn after we sign the disclaimer and then the surgery would start. so the doc and his nurse came and told us she'd get the gas type of anesthesia which sometimes makes kids nauseous, and then they would put her IV in and begin the surgery... i signed papers, then watched them carry kathryn to "blow up balloons" and went back in the waiting room.
it was 15 mins max before the doc came out to let us know the surgery went well, and they were waking kathryn up to make sure she was fine then we could go see her. Corine got there (my mom had met me there too) just before we went back to see kathryn... this was the part i was bracing for...i was warned that they freak out and fuss... she was really wiggly, but no fussing or crying...i picked her up, sat in the rocking chair and held her tight so she'd feel secure (she was wanting her IV out of her hand) and she just kept rolling her eyes all around like she was drunk and rolling her head totally dazed and confused.
it was sad seeing her like that. she would open her eyes really big and just stare around... but no sound what so ever. we asked her how she felt and she sounded really horse, almost no sound but i could smell the anesthesia gas they gave her as she breathed. i rocked her and she fell asleep. she slept for about 10 mins and then her IV bag finished and the nurse wanted to take her IV out...so we woke her up and she seemed a bit more herself, just really drowsy. got the IV out, and grandma's got her some juice and helped her take some sips. she did really good with drinking! she downed an entire 12 oz of juice within the hour of her waking up and the nurse said whenever we are ready to take her home we can...wow...that was quick! it was only 9...so we decided to go ahead and take her home. she was talking to us and saying mimi was coming over and "bammie" too, and even told the nurse "buh bye, i dove u" too funny.
so we head back home...and on the way kathryn tells me she's tired... then i hear what sounded like a burp i look in the rear view, and kathryn starts throwing up all that juice she just drank...i was on the on ramp to the interstate, so i pull over immediately, help her feel comfortable, get the stuff off her face, and go home. she fell asleep on the way. poor lil thing. i guess the anesthesia did make her nauseous...
we gave her a bath as soon as we got home, and i headed out to pick up her pain meds and a few things from the store, mimi and bammie stayed with kathryn and daniel... i got back home and Corine had started a load of dishes and cleaned the counter and table! too nice too nice. (the dishes were John's responsibility) i tell ya, what would i do without all this help we get.
kathryn was pretty groggy all day and basically just slept or laid down and watched movies...she did do really well with eating and drinking tho. no problem there. i can't tell ya how thankful i am that she has done so well so far. (prayers were answered for sure)
my mom helped me fold the laundry that had built up over the last month (lol) and we played with daniel. we had a pretty good day. kathryn started getting upset closer to bedtime when she couldn't have rice casserole like daniel (she pitched a fit for this one, crying about wanting gumbo) and when i wasn't making her chocolate milk in the right cup... patience patience.
i had to take a picture of him with my glasses on. he looks so scholarly! haha
he actually was pulling mimi back on him...and she squished him. but he was loving it!
but the best part (for me) was when Jamie and Joe Hamilton came over with their girls Allison and Sarah. Daniel and Kathryn had friends to play with and Mommy had friends to talk to! yay! and what made it even better was Jamie brought over some of their kids movies for us to borrow! (i was SOOO done watching the daffy duck and speedy gonzales cartoons on dvd...) i really like the Hamilton's because both John and I get along with them! usually i make a friend but john doesn't always make friends with their husbands...but Joe is easy to get along with so yay for having couple friends! we'll have to have them over after the holidays.
oh, and kathryn only had 1 accident...on daddy's chair. since then, we put a diaper on her, but she has only gone through 1 today. that's pretty good.
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