Minor Surgery

 This little girl experienced her first surgery. (And we experienced meeting our deductible for the first time without having a baby. )

 Here she is pre-op. Someone's Eaglescout project was making these entertainment packages for kids at the hospital. Seriously, the coolest project ever! She even got to keep that blanket. A nice souvenir that all the doctors and nurses couldn't believe was a hospital blanket.

 Getting her ready to wheel away.

 And there she goes. I was fine and not the least bit nervous until this point. When they wheeled her away from me.

 Post surgery still in the post surgery room not in the recovery room yet. This was hard. I already had sympathy for all parents who have to witness their children go through major surgery (and in many cases major surgery after major surgery) but now I have empathy. They came and got me because she just woke up and said "I want a snack and my mama".  When I got there she just woke up and the pain medicine was not administered yet so she was in pain. Intense pain she never experienced before and it broke my heart. She was in pain so she was yelling she couldn't control her voice (wonder where she gets that from) She yelled, "I want to go home! I never want surgery again!" I would tell her "shhh shhh" and she would yell "I can't mom, I just can't shhhh" .  The pain medicine finally worked but then she needed oxygen. The nurse was asking questions and she said, "I am just so sleepy don't talk to me."
Yeah, apparently anesthesia turns my sweet 5 year old into a teenager.

In the recovery room sleeping. 

And she is back to normal. We have to remind her she just had surgery and has 3 incisions she has to take it easy. She still can't stand up straight, and so she walks a little hunched over and it makes me laugh a little.

So glad it's over and so glad we are on the mend. And so so grateful for clean hospitals with great doctors and nurses.