This morning Tia had her Ear Surgery and I think it went really well. The time of her surgery was set for 6:30am, but we had to be there at 5:30am. She was not allowed to eat after midnight and until after surgery, so I woke her up about 11:30pm last night and fed her a bottle so when she did wake up, she'd hopefully not think about food. I was hoping we could take her sleeping self, put her directly into the car seat, have her sleep all the way to the doctor, and then sleep until the time of her surgery. Yeah right! That girl is the nosiest girl ever. She does not want to miss a beat and she is almost as bad as me where she'll wake up at any sound or movement. Of course, she heard me packing her diaper bag this morning and she wanted me to hold her. She stayed awake the entire time looking around wondering why mommy wasn't on her normal routine. When we arrived at the surgery center and the paperwork was filled out, we went down to her room. She weighed 7.88 grams and Chris and I thought the same thing when the nurse told us (wonder what that is in lbs). If my calculations are correct, it would be 17.37 lbs. She jumped, played with her toys, and started to whine a little bit for a bottle while we talked to the doctors, anesthesiologist, nurses...and then two nurses in blue outfits with blue head caps came to take baby girl away. Tia went to them with open arms, but when we were walking down the long hallway and we parted, she stared hard at us over the nurses shoulder as we walked further away for out little girl. Chris and I waited patiently in the waiting room which seemed like 10 minutes or so until the doctor came out to give us our news. He sure scared us with his slow moving walk over to us, 'I need to talk to you', and then slowly carrying a chair over to us. Chris and I were both thinking that this does not seem good. But to our favor, he just informed us that all went well. It was very quick and he let us know how to give her the ear drops and care for her ears in general. After that, the nurse came to get us and as we walked to the recovery room, I could see Tia laying there, all still with her hands a bit up in the air but she wasn't moving at all. It brought tears to my eyes to see her in such a comatose state...let's just say it definitely did not look like she was sleeping. Luckily, it was only a matter of seconds before ear drops put into her ears would wake our little girl up. She instantly cried out, but I believe more because of the ear drops than wondering why she is dazed and confused. We instantly gave her a bottle and she seemed to be back to herself in no time. She had a couple fussy moments, but over all she seemed to be doing great. We got her over to Katma's and later we received an update call from Katma letting us know she was doing great. Now, we'll just have to wait and see what a difference the ear surgery will have on Tia's health. Let's pray that it will help greatly.
Glad to hear the surgery went well! We were wondering if we were on the same path with Tommy once he started daycare, but luckily the ear infections stopped by April. Still need to keep an eye on it the coming year, but ultimately if it's going to make them pain free, it's worth it. Give her a big kiss!
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