Tuesday, March 11, 2008

They are in and she is off!!

This will be quick...but I wanted to let you know that everything went perfect yesterday!! Praise God!! We were up at 4am (which with the time change was really 3am) so we were beat. But the surgery took a record 12 minutes (it was some where between 10 and 15 minutes...it went so fast we forgot to keep track). It took her longer to come back from recovery than to do the surgery.

But the doc said that both ears were full of infection and that he drained them out (I know, gross) and that the tubes were in and hopefully this would be the end of the cycle. Whew...it took Miss J awhile to come back from recovery, and she was laid back and not to fussy. They told us that often kids are frantic and crying and can't calm downn after the anethesia because they are a little confused...but Miss J was great. She wanted to get down and walk, which she was a little drunk on her feet, but that was a good sign.

She got some fig newtons in her, some water, we took a walk, and then released to go home. We were told that she would probably be tired and groggy in the morning, but pick up in the afternoon. So we thought, yeah!!!, we can sleep with her. Nope, she was raring to go when we got home, wanting to play and eat and act like nothing happened. She took her normal nap...and so did I. I was pooped!!

Back to school for her today...and hopefully she will be back to herself. I think she is still teething so she is hooked on her binky again, but school should break her of that. And, she is mommy hooked too...that will just take time. Those two things were comfort things. With teething and infection...she just wanted comfort. Hopefully we can be back to normal this week. She is sleeping great, so that is no biggie...just binky and mommy...need to un-train.

Busy day, catch up for work...but here are some pictures...and thank you for all of your wonderful words and prayers. I really was anxious about the whole thing...but all turned out perfect. Have a great week!!


They had the cutest PJ's for Miss J. And the socks...we ended up putting them on the Pooh bear because they really didn't stay on Miss J.

Bubbles...anything to keep her occupied while we waited!

16 comments:

Mrs. Taco said...

Hey, I'm glad to hear that the surgery went so well! And I love the pictures. She is turning out to be such a cute little girl! (She was always a cute baby but now she looks like a little girl.) I was looking at her pictures and she's getting little girl hair instead of baby hair and she looks like such a toddler! :p I think Mackenna still has a lot of the baby look to her and I can't wait to see her looking like such a big girl. :o) Anyway, glad to hear that things are looking up. Take care!

Jenny said...

I'm so glad the surgery went well... here's to a ear infection-free, healthy little girl!!

audreybreier said...

I'm so glad things went so well and I hope that Miss J won't have to worry about any more ear infections! I hope Cade isn't on the road to all those ear infections but he has his 2nd one in a month so it kinda worries me!

Jodi said...

I'm glad everything went well! Hopefully she'll be ear infection free for a long time!!!!

The little gown and socks are just too cute on her!!! What a little trooper!

Mrs. T2 said...

I am so glad that all went well with Miss J!! I am sure now that she has her tubes she will be feeling much better!!! The pictures of her in her hospital jammies are just adorable!!!

Have a good rest of your week!!

cdsbutterfly said...

Happy to hear that it all went well.

RecoveringCoffeeholic said...

Glad to hear that she did well.

Sweet little thing. She is just precious.

Amy said...

Glad to hear that all went well for her!!!

And hopefully no more sickness for her!!!

Jenn (Life's Sweet Melody) said...

I am so glad everything went well with the surgery. Hopefully she'll have some peace now with her ears and you'll get a break from the sickness!

Emma's Mommy said...

I am so happy that everything went so well for Miss J. I pray that it works wonders and she is ear infection free now :-)

JandM said...

So glad to hear that the procedure went well! I hope this rids Miss J of of all of those ear infections!

Anonymous said...

What a big relief!!!! I've been thinking of her lately. I'm thrilled to hear everything went so smooth! Cheers to no more ear infections!!

Me said...

Oh, I am so relieved that all went well. Here's to no more infections! Hope you had some time to get caught up on your rest!

Platinum Rose said...

Thank you for the update! What a relief that all went well, and it's over! I hope this will really help her out to not get any more ear infections! You all are in my thoughts and prayers!

Heather said...

Glad to hear everything went well!

Jenny said...

Even though it was only 15 minutes, I am sure you were very anxious. Glad to hear that she is doing well and hopefully this will be the last infection!