Round 2

Well, another long day. This one began at 5:30 am when we left for Atlanta. The car ride was uneventful, until we pulled in the parking lot and Eve threw up. I was totally freaking out. If she was sick, they wouldn't do the surgery because of the risks of her throwing up while under anesthesia. But, she seemed totally fine after that and we basically chalked it up to car sickness. The staff watched her closely and she was happy and playing and it was an isolated incident, so all went forward as planned. Eve was really good while waiting for the procedure. She even happily got dressed in her hospital gown.


We talked with the anesthesia doc and the surgeon. Both explained what would happen. She cried when they took her away from us. Fortunately, they were going to give her some nitrous to calm her down while inserting the IV (I'm not sure if I've told you how she is a very 'hard stick' when it comes to drawing blood). The whole procedure took an hour and then they brought her to recovery for 30 minutes before calling us back. When she saw us, Eve started crying. Fortunately, they let us hold her and she settled right down - though she was totally out of it.


Jim was out of it, too.


After about 2 hours of observation, Eve was smiling and when offered crackers, she sat like Buddha and happily munched away.


She got many compliments from the post-op nursing staff about how cute she is. They sent us off after giving Eve a dose of pain meds (the local anesthetic would have worn off by the time we got to Athens and got the Rx filled). It knocked her right out and she slept the whole way home.

She gets the pain meds every 6 hours for 48 hours. We are even to wake her up in the middle of the night to give them to her. Apparently, if the pain gets ahead of her, it's difficult to manage it. Also, sponge bathes until Friday night.

The bandage stays on until next week. There are steri strips underneath that we are to let fall off on their own. Also, I think there are dissolving stitches. We are also to go to her pediatrician next week to have him look at the incision. I have an appt for Thursday morning. Grammie, Papa, and Kirby arrived safely in time to help put Eve to bed. They are going to be life savers. Because the semester started this week for me, things have been busy. I received over 25 work emails while I was gone today alone. oh boy. Anyhow, I just wanted to let you know how it went today. Eve is a trooper and we are very proud of her!