Maddie's surgery

It's a little late, but Maddie's surgery went well. She successfully has 2 ear tubes (one already producing gunk as soon as it went in) and her adenoids are out!! She had a really tough time in the hospital mostly due to exhaustion. She wasn't sleeping well, up at night, and therefore was just so tired she quickly became irritated by the nurses trying to do things to her. I honestly think she was most upset by the hospital bracelets. I just kept saying, "Oh how pretty!" Yup. That really didn't work. She fussed so much, she eventually wore herself out and fell asleep on my shoulder while pacing the pre-operation room.

She stayed asleep for most of the time while waiting, but of course as soon as the anestheologist came and said how great that was that she was sleeping and tried to move me to the bed with her so they could just roll us in, she woke up!! Of course!! So, we said good-bye to Daddy and walked into the operating room. The got the gas ready and put the mask over her face. Heartbreaking as she made eye contact with me and was trying to get out of it. But, she didn't put up a fight nearly as much as Morgan did...maybe because she was still waking up and tired from her nap??

No more than 30 minutes later, the doctor was back filling us on how it went. She said that her adenoids were taking up about 40% of the area behind her nose (less than what she had said before) but she did say there was a ton of mucus back there, so it was good we did it. And of course, her tubes are in and already working. So she's on some antibiotics, ear drops and tylenol.

Seeing her in the recovery room was heartbreaking. She was so miserable from the anestethia and out of it. She had her tongue hanging out of her mouth on the ride home with her eyes halfway open... a moment missed by no camera!! After a little bottle, nap on my lap and then some food, she was good to go! She looked like she was trying to walk on a ship during rough seas!! She took some tough spills, but she's a tough cookie!! We asked Morgan not to have her hands near her face for fear of bleeding, but otherwise she's doing well...during the day.

Maddie continues to wake at night and not just cry - SCREAM!! I kid you not that the neighbors can hear and who knows what they're thinking!! But, we've decided she needs to get back to sleeping through the night now. I feel it's just habit that she's getting up. So, last night she gave us a good wailing for just over an hour, and then slept in until about 7am. Apparently she wore herself out!!

Aunt Katie, Ethan and Lucas arrive in just a few short hours. So, we've got to get ourselves ready for a week full of fun, chaos, and laughter, I hope!!! Lots of stories and pictures to come!!