Surgery Day

Let me start by saying my daughter is a nut!

She has tried several ways to avoid this surgery, she contemplated removing her arm and hiding it. We discussed and decided that the surgery to put it back on would probably be worse then the surgery to have her bump removed. She though maybe she would just skip over Tuesday but couldn't figure out how and I told her then she would just have to have surgery on another day. So finally she decided it was inevitable.

We had to be at the hospital this morning at 0545 so I got T up at 0500. On the way to the hospital she was listing all the stuff that wasn't open yet; McDonald's, Walgreen's, the grocery store, STARBUCKS! She decided no one should have to go anywhere before Starbucks opened, I agreed with her. : )

We settled in the APU with out any problems, she sat in her recliner and watched Camp Rock 2. She rode her "carriage" down to the OR and I went with her to the holding area. They asked her to mark her surgical site with a marker and she drew a heart around it : ) One of the corpsman blew her up a glove balloon. She was really impressed with having a balloon I could touch (I am allergic to latex so balloons are a no no for me) and she kept trying, with out success to blow her own up.

The anesthesiologist explained to us that he would give her some gas (perfume) and she would go to sleep and then he would put the IV in and give her some more meds to put her under. My little nut decided right then that she was not going to like the perfume and that she was not going to smell it. She spent the rest of the time in the holding area holding- her nose! Things apparently did not get better in the OR because Aunt C (good family friend and OR nurse!) said she hoped T would forgive her.

Surgery went well no splint on her arm just internal stitches and Dermabond. Recovery so far has been smooth. She loved her wheelchair ride down to the car. Her local has just now started to wear off so we are using Tylenol, Motrin, and ice for pain and swelling. We have T3 to give her but are hoping not to use it.