Today was the big day...Hannah's surgery! I have been so nervous and anxious about it for so long that I am relieved it is over. I know it wasn't and 'risky' surgery, but my mind would tell me lies about her going into a coma from the anesthesia or her abnormally bleeding and hemorrhaging. But despite my irrational fear, thank God, the surgery went smoothly!! They took out her tonsils, but had to leave a little bit of her adenoids because she had a small split in her palette and Dr. Hart was afraid that removing them all could make the split worse and create speech problems. They were also going to drain fluid from her left ear, but when they got in there the fluid was gone so they just removed a thick layer of wax from her ear drum.
It was done at an outpatient surgery center. The place was packed when we got there and they were moving families through like it was just a haircut. Very weird. Despite their abnormal busyness, they were exactly on schedule and she went in for her surgery at 9:45.
Waiting to be called back...Look at the birdie, Daddy!!
Meeting the anesthesiologist...
They gave Hannah a cute little bear after she took her medicine to sedate her.
She didn't want to take the pain stuff though because the other stuff tasted so bad. Eew, GROSS!
The medicine was starting to kick in and she was getting a little loopy...
In LaLa land! The video Dan took is hilarious! It was sad, but it was so hard not to laugh...
The surgery itself only lasted about 15 minutes. After she was out and in recovery we got to go back and sit with her. It was not the best experience. She was completely freaked out and hysterical. She tried to pull out her IV and we had to hold her down. It was so sad and we felt completely helpless. When they took her IV out and she was bleeding everywhere I almost passed out...seriously. Good thing Daddy was there to keep things under control! Finally, they let us go home so she could actually get some rest.
We had a rough start once we got home too. She refused to drink anything or eat popsicles or ice cream. If she was awake she would just cry and hold her mouth. She fought us and screamed when we had to give her her medicine, but she slept most of the day. Finally, around 7:30, she started moving around, drinking a little bit and using the bathroom. She even had a few bites of tomatoes and a bunch of mini M&M's. Hopefully once the anesthesia is out of her system she will feel even better. We will see how the rest of the week goes...
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