4am came around pretty early this morning! matt and i got up and prepped things as best as we knew how, and by 5:15 we were headed to waldorf with a sleepy, but very happy little frankie.
she usually asks for juice as soon as she wakes up, but we managed to get her all the way to the surgery center before she asked. she couldn't have anything to eat or drink, so they had us scheduled to arrive at 6 with surgery set for 7. at 6:30 they took us back and we talked to the anesthesiologist and got franks all situated. he mentioned juice and after that she was pretty set on looking through our diaper bag and badgering us for juice, so she wasn't super happy.
getting grumpier by the minute!
every once in awhile she would still give us a smile.
baby blood pressure cuffs are the cutest. i wouldn't want to see them everyday, but every once in awhile, it's pretty adorable.
i feel the same way about baby hospital gowns. cute, but only for occasional use.
(very crabby by this point)
but still a little bi-polar with her occasional smiles.
mama was nervous! and excuse my mane of hair, it was early and apparently i can't see very well in the wee hours.
"where's frankie?!" that kept her occupied for about a minute and a half.
and then it was time to go back to the or. i donned my space suit and we were off.
they wrapped her in a warm blanket and we held her down for her mask to put her to sleep. she cried and cried, and her cries got quieter and quieter. it took about a minute and she was out. they let me give her a kiss and then a teary mama had to go to the waiting room.
i got to the waiting room at 7:04 and they had called us back by 7:15. they put us in a little room and the sweet dr. came in and said all went well and that she thought she was awake, and then, the highest pitch frankie scream ever. she was so disoriented, matt held her, then me, then the nurse, she just didn't know what she wanted, poor baby!
when she finally took her juice, i knew we were getting our frankie back. she cuddled up to me and kept whimpering, but she was coming back around. as soon as we got in the car she was all better, and the rest of the day has been easy.
we love that sweet baby girl and are so very thankful that things went well and that we don't have to do things like this often.
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i love that baby girl too. you should really put a pregnant lady disclaimer on this entry. i am too sensitive to read about this - even though everything turned out ok.
It is really hard to take a child even into a doctor's office and surgery is even worse. Sid and I sat out in the Dr's office while they took out my oldest daughter's tonsils. He invited us in to see what he had done while her mouth was still open and she was still asleep. I was expecting our 3rd child and I didn't take it to well.
So thankful this is all over and things worked out so well for you and for Frances. Man, she has changed a lot since we saw her in July. Such a cutie. Glad it's all done.
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