Successful Surgery

First of all, thanks for all of the prayers and support that you gave us yesterday! The day went faster and more smoothly than I had anticipated.

For those of you who want a general update. It went great and she's fine. I know others of you are into the details, so here they are.

We arrived at the hospital at 10 am, where the nurse who had led our surgery class told the staff that whoever got to work with Maya was in for a treat. The nurses did enjoy working with our nugget. She spends so much time playing doctor at home that when they were listening to her heart with the stethescope she was taking deep breaths so they could check her lungs too. Each new doctor or nurse we would see would say, "We heard she's cute and they weren't kidding!"

They gave her a pair of pjs, which are probably "typical" 3-year-old size. We put them on and they looked like capris and a belly shirt! We upgraded to the next size.

She went in at 12:24 and was finished by 1. The Doctor said that the cyst turned out to be two inches long and that the adenoid was bigger than it had been when x-rayed five weeks ago, so she was very glad that both were removed.

She waasn't too happy coming out of anesthesia so I got to go into the recovery room and do some soothing. I even got to ride in the bed with her down to her short-stay room! By the time we got down there she was talking and alert and very excited about the popsicles. We snuggled, watched a movie, and ate three popsicles before we went home an hour later.

Once we got home the eating frenzy continued. Two Jell-O cups, two bowls of oatmeal, a yogurt cup, scrambled eggs and a bunch of juice later we cut her off and sent her to bed.

She was up in the night, happy as a clam, saying things like, "Remember that time we went on that bus and there were "buckle seats" all over?" She woke up at her normal time but after two hours went back to bed for a good long nap.

She's up now with a fever that regular Tylenol seems to be taking care of and is eating more Jell-O and juice but doesn't seem to be in any pain. We're planning on a low key weekend of cartoons, snuggling and juice drinking and I took Monday off just in case.

Another new parent hurdle jumped!