We had to check in at 6:30am. She was the 2nd youngest to get surgery for the day, so they don't give a time, just a generalized idea of the order in which she will go. Around 930am, we went to pre-op. They give her a medicine that makes her --- very loopy. Last surgery she went to a strange nurses' arms with no hesitation. (NOT like JaCee at all). Today, I was hoping for the same thing. (So much easier on me) But she didn't...she cried & was reaching for me...yelling Mommy...I hadn't cried until this point. The nurses are great & comfort you...but it's still hard. We went to the waiting room & less than 15 minutes later she was done. We went back to her admitting room where they brought her to us. This is the next hardest part. When the babies wake up from surgery, they don't understand what happened & they kind of "pick-up" where they left off when they went under...which is crying. She was last time & this time...sooo upset. All you can do is hold/comfort her for the next couple hours waiting for the anesthesia to wear off. Once it did, she ate some lunch, drank a couple boxes of juice & we could go home.
I'm glad it's over. It's a mix of emotions when you are there. Nervous for your own experience, but when you see some of the other children in the hospital & what they are going through, your heart breaks for them...knowing I will be home tonight with my baby & in a few weeks, it will be like this never happened...but some are not that lucky. Tonight I will be praying for the parents & children still at the hospital.
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| Shriners Hospital has the best toys for kids...At 6:30am JaCee was riding the horse |
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| And they have wagons for the parents to be distracted by what is going to happen as well...here is Daddy pulling JaCee all over the 3rd Floor! |
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| Just after Surgery |
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| We're ALL done. JaCee's back to her normal self! |
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