My daughters surgery update

[purr]

Thanks to all who replied and gave me good wishes about her surgery today. Wasnt on all day yesterday and this morning was out of the question - was up at 4am ugh. All is good and we got home about an hour ago and shes been sleeping since. Not going to bug her - I have her sleeping on the couch so I can keep a good eye on her.

We got there around 6 this morning, she wasnt scheduled to be in the er until 8. We got there and since she had a bad experience in another hospital last year she hates doctors and nurses - she screams when they come into the room. The nurses were fantastic with her even though she was screaming bloody murder and fighting with them. After they were done looking at her they let her play in the play room and she relaxed there. We were only there for about 20 minutes and she was talking to everyone in there - my social butterfly LOL.

So they called us back and they gave her this "kiddie coctail". He said it works in 98% of children and said it'd take effect in about 2 minutes. Two minutes came and gone and she wasnt slowing down at all.. I'm like great.. shes part of the 2%. About 10 min after taking it, she started giggling like mad. Im like umm.. Syd? She just cracked up. You'd say something and she'd look at you like wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I turn to my husband and said I think shes stoned. The nurses came over to check on her and she didnt even care. I'm like shes stoned and they just laughed. I'm like can I have some of that? LOL. Shes like you wouldnt believe how many parents ask us if they can take some home LOL.

So then the anesthesiologist came back and shes like its time and Syds just like ooooooooook and looking around and giggling. So we went back to the waiting room and I was a nervous wreck. Kept pacing, leaving the room, walking the hall and I finally came back and the doctor came in about 50 min later. He said all went well, and he said dont forget that I over corrected her eyes like we talked about so when you see them dont freak out and think I messed them up worse. They'll correct themselves in about 6 weeks and said he wants to see us next week. Then he said they'll call us when she wakes up probably in 20 min. So I'm on edge now waiting.

The phone rings and the nurse calls us and tells us we can go to the recovery room. As I stood up I hit my head off of a shelf they had on the wall :rofl: in a room full of people I was like oops and left promptly LOL.

She was groggy, sitting up holding onto the nurse and he gave me her and I sat down on a chair with her. She was still out of it at that point and didnt realize what was going on. We sat there and he checked her vitals for awhile and sent us to the short stay unit. We were there for a good 2 hours and she slept the entire time. Tried to rip the iv out of her hand countless times. Finally the nurse from the anesthesiology team came in to check on her and said shes good to go. This point she was quite ticked off at the iv and wanted to go home. The nurse came in and took her iv out and she screamed when he pulled it out (it does feel really weird) and we got her dressed and left.

So in the end, it all went well.. have to put drops in her eyes 4x a day and go back next week to see the doc. I really liked him - he makes you and your children feel really comfortable. I'd tell anyone to go to him in a heartbeat.

Thanks everyone for your wishes, prayers, and everything else! I really appreciate it! My lil stinker is doing good and I hope she not in pain when she wakes up - he said she shouldnt so thats a good sign.

Thanks again :) :) :)

[snacker]

1. That's good news for all of you.

Hope the rest of the day and her recovery goes well. Give her hug from all of us.

[Beausoir]

2. WONDERFUL!!!!! You made it....you did it and so did she.

That has to be one of the hardest mornings of your life. It is so hard to see them in a vulnerable state.

My lil stinkers have had a couple of procedures and they always got super cranky after the anesthesia.

I am so glad things turned out so well. Get some rest now.

[Book Lover]

3. I'm very glad to hear your good news

It sounds like she was in good hands this morning. Best of luck during the recovery period!

[redwitch]

4. Thank goodness.

what a worry that was for you, glad the worst is over. Good luck with the eye drops, that sounds like it won't be easy with such a feisty one!

[Patiod]

5. Thanks for the update

I've been thinking about you all day. Hope the little bunny is feeling more chipper.

[auntAgonist]

6. excellent news indeed! Thanks for letting us know

we'll continue to send good vibes and best wishes.

:hug:

relax now :)

[KitchenWitch]

7. That is great news

Good luck with the eye drops!

My daughter (since she was about 2) balks at all medications, I cannot imagine having to put eyedrops in 4x a day. This is the little angel that it used to take 4 people to hold her down (she is VERY strong) and one person to adminster her nebulizer. When she was in the hospital for RSV at age 2.5, every time a doctor, nurse, or respiratory therapist walked into the room, she sat up, and said, "Bye bye." Unfortunately (in her mind) the mysterious gowned people would not leave when she said, "Bye bye."

Somehow she survived. She is much nicer to doctors and nurses now at 4.5, and it takes only me to give her a neb. But she still balks at all other medications (I think she has a memory of what Orapred tastes like, and so she is afraid of it.)

[BikeWriter]

8. Ahhhhhhh! Thank you for the great news!

I hate it when a baby has problems!

[sarge43]

9. Thanks for letting us know, purr.

So wonderful that all went well.

Here's a heart for the lil stinker and a .

[sarge43]

24. That a hug for your daughter

[purr]

47. Thank you!!! :)

I appreciate it! :hug: Means a lot to me!

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. I'm glad all went well.

:hug:

[purr]

45. Thank you so do I :) She did real well!

[LaraMN]

11. Whew! I'm glad that's over for you.

I hope the results are what you hope for! Having your child in for surgery is never a terribly pleasant experience.

[purr]

44. I hope so too.. it was either that or her go blind later on.

So even though I never wish surgery on any child, I rather her go through it so her eyesight is saved. She'll be able to see better to - not have to work as hard. He says its an 80% success rate and he feels she fits in the 80% so i'm hoping!!

[politicat]

12. Glad to hear it went well.... and good luck with the drops.

[purr]

43. Thanks - it just proved to be yet another battle to do for the next

3 days. I dont want it to get infected so its important for her to get them. I dont want to hold open her eye while I'm doing it so I put the drop on the corner of her eye and it makes its way in when she opens it. I hope this is ok.

[politicat]

51. That's how both of my sisters have done it.

My nieblings have both had pink eye in the past year, and since they're a month shy of two and three months shy of five, getting them to sit still and take the drops was not easy.

My niece's mom actually did it while my niece was asleep - moving VERY carefully, putting the drop in, opening B's eye, and letting it close. But B sleeps like the living dead (she plays very hard and sleeps hard as a result).

Of course, when I've had to give drops, it is to the cats, and they're easy.... if you call three bath towels, two people and a box of band-aids easy.

[LeftyMom]

13. I'm glad to hear she's doing well

I was very worried today between your daughter's eye operation and a family friend who had surgery to correct a badly healed amputation this morning (he's in recovery and doing fine, so it must be a good day to be getting better.)

[purr]

41. I hope hes ok! Thats rough -

Losing a part of his body and then it healing badly. I hope this is it for him as I hope this is it for my daughter. I hope the day continues to get better!!

[LeftyMom]

48. He's going to be okay

After the accident they tried to preserve his elbow so that he'd be able to use a prostetic, but from the beginning they knew that there was significant damage in that area and a higher amputation was a possibility.

It turned out the nerve damage prevented use of a prosthetic, so removing the damaged tissue at the elbow made sense both to get a cleaner wound than last time and hopefully to address his pain level, which was much more than expected.

Hopefully he'll heal better this time (the wound didn't close for years the first time and bled at the slightest bump after that) and in much less pain once he's healed up.

[Brewman_Jax]

14. Glad to hear

[purr]

40. Thanks :)

Shes my wild child!

[gollygee]

15. Good news!

I'm glad it went well :)

[purr]

39. Very good news isnt it?

Shes back to her ol self right now.. chasing the cats and playing with my 6 mo old. Shes such a cutie!

[Left Is Write]

16. I'm glad it went well.

I can read the relief in your post! :)

When my son went to the hospital for oral surgery a few months ago, the "drug cocktail" they gave him beforehand made him so loopy! He was saying the funniest things.

[purr]

38. I couldnt stop myself from laughing..

she couldnt even sit up straight :rofl: I am relieved.. I was worried abotu the whole anesthesia thing - it was her first time and I wasnt sure how she was going to react to it.

[RevCheesehead]

17. Heck, I want some of that kiddie cocktail!

I'm so glad everything went well. :hug:

[purr]

37. LOL so do I..considering I never was stoned before

:rofl: that had to be the highlight of the day

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Glad to hear!

I didn't post in the original thread, but have sent good vibes. I'm glad all went well! :hi:

[purr]

31. Thank you! I really appreciate it!

She wants something to eat now.. I'll finish posting after! :hi: :hug: thanks!

[henslee]

19. Good for you and your little girl. How about posting pic. when

its all behind her.:-)

[purr]

30. I can do that - shes a cutie!

Looks just like her ma :)

[Bunny]

20. That's good news, purr.

Glad it went so well!

[purr]

29. Me too thanks! :)

Its been a long long day. I cant wait to go to bed tonight. Have to wake up early again on thursday - have a mri of my head at 7:15. ugh.

[Whoa_Nelly]

21. thanks for the update, purr

Hope the recovery goes well and your little one puts this day behind her quickly.

Peace
Nelly

[purr]

28. Thanks so do I.

Shes complaining right now that it hurts - I'm going to give her some tylenol and I just put those anitbiotic drops in her eye telling her that it'll make it feel better. She screamed bloody murder when I put it in so I dont know if it burned or just getting a drop in the eye.

[Whoa_Nelly]

53. Considering all she's been through

am not surpised she's balking at any turn when it comes to meds/eyedrops, etc. Even at age 2, when things are not in our control, we seek to control where we can with all the armor we can muster.

Hang in there, purr! You're doing the best you can, and are really being such a loving mommy. :hug:

(Wish I could come over and give you a helping hand...)

[LynzM]

22. I'm so glad to hear that, purr

:hug: Very, very glad it all went well and she was a trooper. I'm giggling about your descriptions of a stoned toddler!!

[purr]

26. LOL it was a sight to be seen..

It did make things a little bit easier by laughing. It was so sad though, in the next bed over was a baby (under 12 mo) and his face was all messed up and disconfigured. I felt so bad :(

[miss_american_pie]

23. That is great news.

That you for the update. I've been thinking about her all morning.

Children's rocks.

[purr]

25. Shes a fighter!

She finally woke up and is mobile so I'm feeling better about it now. Dont know how I'm getting the drops in her eyes!

[In_The_Wind]

27. I'm so happy to hear that purr!

I hope she isn't uncomfortable when she wakes up.
Healing vibes are on the way ~

[XemaSab]

32. That's good news!

ps:

:smoke:

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Phew!!! You've been on my mind all day.

I'm so glad it went well...May she heal up nicely and be none the worse for wear. Babies on sedatives are funny little things. :) :hug: I'm SO glad. I came here just now to look for an update.

[Shine]

34. Whew! Well that's a relief. Thanks for the update.

:hug: Good luck with the continued recovery.

[JitterbugPerfume]

35. thanks for the update

i am relieved to hear she is ok


and that you are ok

[Redstone]

36. Hey, good deal!

Redstone

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Wonderful!

What better valentine?! :grouphug:

[Catchawave]

46. Aren't ya glad it's over {hug}

My son had open heart surgery when he was two, all's well now ....31 years later!

I feel your relief :loveya: Just make sure you catch up on your rest and try a lovely beverage if that helps :)

[bigwillq]

49. Glad she's doing better.

:hug:

What a day you had! :hi:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

50. Great news!

[nemo137]

52. Excellent!

I remember when my baby sister (ok, 13 year old sister) had surgery, how good people were to us and how much of a difference it made.