A Sleepy Kind of Day

After one look at Addison's chart and another look in her ears, the ENT decided that she was definitely a candidate to have tubes put in her ears. Luckily, we were able to schedule her surgery for today. It has been a long day, but the little pumpkin has been quite the trooper.

Before Surgery

After Surgery

She woke herself up right on time at 6:00 this morning. I changed her diaper, grabbed a bottle and loaded her in the car. We arrived at the surgery center at 6:30, and after a short wait, we took her back to pre-op. She was all smiles with all of the doctors, nurses and basically, anyone else who looked her way. Around 7:25, a nurse scooped her up and took her back for her surgery. She was given 5 or 6 breaths of the "happy gas," and she was off to lala land. Before Craig could read the front page of the paper, the doctor was back out in the waiting room telling us that the surgery had gone great and the tubes were in place. The doctor and nurses warned us that she would be angry and out of sorts when she woke up, and they were right. As she was waking up, she laughed the funniest little laugh. She sounded like she was part baby, part monster. After the laughing, the crying started. Then came the screaming. And the flopping of the body. Back arched, head wobbling kind of flopping. I managed to feed her 1/3 of her bottle, but that was really all she wanted. After 5 minutes or so, we were discharged, and luckily, the car worked it's magic and put her to sleep after a few minutes.


By the time we pulled in the driveway, she was snoring (yes, she is her father's daughter)! I tried not to wake her, but as usual, she woke up and wanted to play. So, play we did for about 45 minutes. I fed her a little breakfast, and we played some more. She finally fell asleep about 10:45 and slept for almost 2 hours. After her nap, I fed her a bottle and some lunch, and she fell asleep again (this time in her high chair). I moved her to her crib, where she slept for about 20 minutes, and then she woke again. I had to run a few errands, and while we were out and about, she fell asleep in the car. Twice. When we got home, I fed her, gave her a quick bath and got her ready for bed. After her bedtime bottle, she went right to sleep. Let's hope that it is a sleepy kind of night for her, too!


You would never know that she had surgery this morning. I know it was minor surgery, but it was still surgery. She is one tough little girl -- she hardly fussed at all today. I am so thankful that everything went well this morning, and hopefully, the ear infections will be a thing of the past now!


To sum it all up, her day went something like this. Wake up. Have Surgery. Eat a little. Sleep. Play a little. Eat a little more. Sleep. Play a little. Sleep. Run a few errands. Sleep. Sleep. Eat a little dinner. Take a bath. Have a bottle. Sleep again. Sweet dreams, little pumpkin! We love you, and we think you are so brave!