Surgery is over and, while the first half of Wednesday was no fun at all, Eva is recovering wonderfully.
She was pretty inconsolable once we got to the hospital and never let go of Jason's neck. When asked which parent she wanted to take her back to the operating room she quickly picked daddy and I surprised myself by not getting that tiny stab of jealously in the pit of my stomach that often accompanies her daddy's girl tendencies. Jason is such a doting, hands-on dad that I can’t help but love how much she loves him. Plus, I really didn’t want to have to hold her down while they sedated her, which Jason did end up having to do.
The surgery went well, she had some extra puss build up that they weren’t expecting and the doctor said she had some of the most enlarged adenoids he’d ever seen, but other than that things went according to plan. Oh and the “foreign body” logged in her ear? A damn press on earring! See below for a photo of it.
Coming out of anesthesia was pretty rough, she wailed for almost a good hour but once we got the all clear to head home she fell asleep in the car right away. By about 7:00pm Wednesday night she was up and working on new hula hoop tricks! It amazes me how resilient kids are.
We also noticed that her hearing and speech are better already. She’s said a good 4-5 words in the past few days that I’ve never heard her say before plus she sat down with Jason to work on her alphabet sounds and did much better than she was a few days ago.
We go back for a check-up in a few weeks; I’ll keep everyone posted on how her follow up hearing test goes! Thanks for all the well wishes. Means a lot to know how loved that little rug rat is :o)
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| Heading back |
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| The crying begins |
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| Checking out Annabelle's surgery wristband |
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| I couldn't help but laugh at this one; Eva inadvertently flipping me off but she was pissed at the time. Priceless! |
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| Trying to relax |
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| The nurses were so wonderful, they even put on Pandora's Disney station |
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| Mommy got a little bit of love before they took her away |
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| Leaving with daddy for the operating room |
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| The culprit! This bad boy was in her ear for God knows how long... |
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| Jello makes everything better |
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| So does putting a ball on your head |
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| Dance party with Jax the demon kitty |
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| Letters with daddy |
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| And then this! Freaking 7 inches of snow on Thursday. In the middle of April! Good thing we got to stay home. |
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