The Surgery

Everything went well. We were a little nervous we might not be able to go through with it since last night Adelaide began running a fever of 102.5 (the highest she's ever had) and was coughing and congested. None of us slept well last night. Adelaide woke up numerous times and was restless all night. I was probably even worse. I was awake every hour of the night. I wasn't nervous really, but couldn't seem to turn my mind off. It was sort of how I was before the first day of school every year.

Since I wasn't sleeping anyway, I got up at 4:50 this morning to get ready. We headed out of the door at 5:30. We got to the surgery center at 6 and got back to the room at about 6:30. Adelaide was totally happy 'til we got in there. She knew something was up. She hated the blood pressure monitor on her toe. She hated the gown she had to be in. She didn't like the nurses. She was being very whiny. Her temperature was still up-- 100.2-- and she has a mucousy cough so the doctor and anesthesiologist had to confer to decide whether or not to go through with it. They decided it would be fine.

Our ENT prayed with us and our good friend Jeff before we had to leave. Jeff carried her back to the operating room. That was nice. It felt like we had just settled into the waiting room when Dr. Kemper came out to tell us everything went well. He said her ears, especially the left, were really bad. He said the right one at first didn't look horrible but then he suctioned the fluid out and he said there was lots of it and it was really thick. He said he thinks it will be helping her feel better very soon.

It was only a few moments later when Jeff came out and told us she was awake and sad. They told us to expect a groggy freaked out girl and that's what we got. She just wouldn't stop crying or whining. The only thing that made her feel better was drinking juice. Unfortunately she gulped her entire sippy cup of apple juice down in about 30 seconds (which is her typical style) and about 10 seconds later she vomited it all up. She had settled down a bit but the vomiting made her get mad all over again.

They went ahead and discharged us even with the vomiting, and we headed home. She drank juice again, much slower this time on the way home. Once again she vomited it up. She continued to cry pretty much the entire way home but then crashed as we pulled into our neighborhood. She was so worn out she didn't even stir as we pulled her out of the car and brought her into bed. She's currently napping. I hope she gets a good nap in and starts to feel less disoriented when she wakes up.

Thanks for praying for her and caring. Oh, she's already starting to stir. Poor girl.