Since August 19th cont'd...Goodbye to tonsils...

Well this actually happened on August 18th but still is blog worthy. Since we LOVE having surgery in our family so much we decided to have Paige get her tonsil and adenoids out as well as get tubes in her ears a week after I had an emergency appendectomy. Fun, FUN! I am absolutely sick to my stomach right now though because I had some precious pictures of Paige in the recovery room and some irreplacable video but something malfunctioned with my little camera and I LOST those pictures! FOREVER! ARGGGG. Oh well. Such is my luck with electronics. The following are all the other ones I did get that day though.

There is no agony comparable to knowing sending your child to experience pain. Although Paige was blissfully unaware of what was going on and thought we were at another version of Disneyland in the Primary Children's Pre-op waiting area, it was very hard to see her being wheeled off in her wagon to the OR with complete strangers. Doctors, yes, but still complete strangers. The same thought goes through your mind as when you drop your expensive clothes off at the dry cleaners (weird metaphor, I know). Will they treat your "stuff" with the care you would? Well in this case I have to say the Primary Children's Hospital is an amazing place. Those people have amazing and difficult job but I did not come across one person that I would not send my baby with. They took excellent care of her. And she only had tonsils out. I can't imagine anything beyond that and hope I never have to.

Anyway- she made it. All went well. I will never forget when about 20 minutes after they gave her some liquid Versed, she was laying in her wagon looking a little drunk and dazed, she looks up at Eric and said "Dad, I really like this place." Eric got tears in his eyes and almost got me there but I was so glad that she was happy an comfortable. Not scared.

Waiting in the check in area- totally clueless!

An ingenious way to get kids to breath to hear lung sounds- BUBBLES!!

The cutest little diaper bum in PCMC!

Walking down the hall with her "bubba". Braiden came with us and was such a good big brother.

Pre-op waiting room (Disneyland)
Playing with mask and stethoscope.

They do what with this bag of fluids?

Anxious parents waiting...

Paige was miserable which means we were miserable for the week after the surgery but we kept her nice a drugged up with Lortab. Dang I wish that wasn't dangerous and addictive. Its was heaven sent for little Paigey when she was in real pain. She gave us a hard time about not wanting to eat. What kind of kid doesn't want milkshakes and jello all day long? I am keeping my fingers crossed that we don't have to do it with Cameron but his chances aren't looking good. Maybe this coming year we wont have to go to the pediatrician twice a month?

Goodbye Appendix, you will be missed!

I had an interesting week- I am now less a body part. My Appendix!! Who knows what that little sucker is even for but on Thursday I had pains and nausea and fever all day so after about 10 hours of convincing my self that I was just ovulating, although it felt like I was in labor, I finally went to the urgent care. The doc there told me to "GO DIRECTLY TO THE ER- DO NOT PASS GO- DO NOT COLLECT $200"!! So I did it. Even though I felt like baby number four was on the way and wanted to die AND I passed RIGHT by my house and couldn't stop to even get a change of under ware, I drove 20 minutes to the ER that takes my insurance. Thank goodness for cell phones because in that 20 minutes, I arranged pickup for my kids, called my husband and my work because I was pretty sure that it was looking dismal for my chances of being at work the next day.

So Eric and I spent about 5 hours in the ER before I finally got into surgery and the next thing I knew, I was awake in my hospital room and was minus a totally useless organ that apparently was VERY close to bursting. I was sure that it would be an in and out thing and I would be back to work the next day! WRONG!! I was in the hospital for a day and a half on IV antibiotics and feeling like I had been beaten up during surgery. That was the first real surgery I have ever had so it was a little weird to imagine that I was completely unaware for an hour and at the mercy of some dudes with knives and lots of drugs. They took good care of me though and I was certainly glad to be home. I did learn that Morphine does funny things to me. But that's between me and my husband.

Anyhoo, I still feel a little sore and can't lift much for a couple days but I am going back to work on Monday. Am I crazy? Nah. I'm Super Woman!! Unstoppable!! At least when I am not on morpine...