Babygirl's Surgery-Part 3

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12:30- We arrive home after a stop by CVS for Babygirl's meds. (Thank goodness for insurance) Babygirl is settled on to the couch with her Cinderella Barbie doll and her teddy from her daddy. Babysister is playing on her playmat watching cartoons.

 

12:40- First full cup of apple juice is finished (the one she started in the hospital). First dose of meds given. She is such a grouch about it!

 

1:00- Must've been good meds because she is out that quick!

 

2:30- Babygirl woke up. Acting pretty normal.

 

2:45- Ballons delivered. From Daddy! Babygirl has a random burst of energy and is completely over the moon about them.

 

3:20- Downed 2 yogurts. She must've been starving because they were both gone in under 5 minutes.

 

4:00- Still playing. More meds given.

 

 

4:35- First cup of milk in over 16 hours. She thought waiting for it was torture, as she had been asking for it all day long. Especially before the surgery.

5:15- Milk gone.

 

5:30- Both girls nap.

 

6:15- My mom is still with me so she let me run to Walgreens for toilet paper. ha. I had one roll in the entire house.

6:25- Mom text me to grab Fazoli's for dinner for she and I.

 

 

7:30- Babygirl woke up and asked me to cuddle with her. I adore the way she asks. She says, "Mommy can I hold you?"

7:40- Obviously I cuddled very well because she is asleep again.

7:51- After I tried to shift her off my lap and onto the couch she woke up again. Pretty disoriented and out of it.

8:00- Back to normal. Playing doctor with MoMo again.

 

9:20- Asks to eat fruit snacks. Downs two packages.

9:30- MoMo leaves for home.

9:35- Babygirl requests a bath.

 

10:12- More cuddles on the couch while Babysister fusses in the exersaucer. This is the hard part of single parenting.. trying my hardest to give equal attention. One is tired and wants to nurse to sleep. The other is tired and fresh out of surgery. Sigh... Not much longer until I have my hubby back as my helpmate :)

11:03- Babygirl is fast asleep on the couch. I am so exhausted from the long day and sleepless night before.

11:40-I moved Babygirl into her bed and soothed her back to sleep.

11:52- I finally climbed into bed. We made it through today!

 

 

12:20- WAIT! My day is not over. Babygirl has knocked on my door and come crawling into my bed with me. She grouchily demands cuddles and we eventually fall asleep together.

Babygirl's Surgery-Part 2

Post-Op

Babysister and I hanging out in the waiting room while Babygirl was in surgery.

My parents were a Godsend.

Daddy sent a special gift for me to take along to the hospital with us.

He always knows how to melt my heart.

 

10:18- Nurse called me back to the recovery room. I spotted another nurse holding Babygirl in a rocking chair. She handed her to me so I could rock with her. She was dead-weight and sooo heavy. She was floppy like a newborn baby. When she heard my voice she opened her eyes and they were looking in opposite directions. It was so creepy! I just rocked with her and clutched her tight. I stroked her hair and just talked gently to her. Asked her if she was going to wake up soon and whispered in her ear of how brave she was and how much I loved her.

 

10:28- The nurse brought her tonsils to me so I could see them. Yes, I am gross like that and wanted to see. haha. They were huge! They compared them to the size of quarters. No wonder my girl couldn't ever swallow anything!

 

They had a hard time putting an IV in when she was back in the OR.

They tried 2-3x in both hands and eventually found a good vein in her right foot. Even the anesthesiologist tried to place her IV. Apparently Babygirl has veins that roll just like her mama.

I can't get over how blessed hubby and I are. We have perfect, beautiful, healthy children.

I can't imagine the heartache and pain that comes with having a seriously ill child.

Those parents that are in and out of the hospital with their child.

The numerous surgeries and hard medications.

 

We are so blessed.

I have the greatest parents.

They have gone above and beyond for me during this deployment.

Holding my hand and supporting me through dark days, illnesses, birth, surgeries.

I could never thank them enough.

 

 

10:47- Finally got her to take a sip of apple juice.

11:00- Passed Babygirl off to MoMo because I was starving and still hadn't eaten. As soon as I had been called back to recovery, my brother had walked in the waiting room with breakfast.

11:15- My dad came back to recovery. I was a little surprised because I know he doesn't really like to see anyone in a hospital setting. This was the first grandkid to have any sort of procedure done. I think he was the most nervous ;)

 

11:25- Babygirl is finally stirring more. Once up she took a few more sips of apple juice. She realized there was an IV in her foot and freaked, kept trying to scratch at the paper covering it. I had the nurse give her anti-nausea meds before she removed the IV for the ride home. (Babygirl has random bouts of car sickness)

 

11:49- Off to the waiting room. Mommy finishes signing discharge papers and we are headed home! Babygirl receives presents for being such a big brave girl.

Easter 2013

Easter morning I failed as the Easter bunny. Typically Babygirl sleeps really late so I figured I had time to set out the baskets and hide eggs before she woke up. Nope. Not this day. She was awake just minutes after I was. I quickly put the girls' baskets out and left the eggs for later.

 

After eating about 1/3 of her chocolate, Babygirl finally was willing to get dressed for the day. We headed to Grandpa and Nana's for lunch. We had a fun time with all the cousins. Nana had Easter eggs hidden for all the kids.

After lunch we headed over to my sister's house for my nephew's 5th birthday party. The girls got to spend time with the rest of their cousins.

 

When we got home for the day around 5:00 I finally was able to hide the eggs outside. The eggs were filled with chocolate kisses and pennies. Babygirl is all about Hershey kisses. She would eat a whole bag of them if I let her! The pennies were for the fountain at the mall. She begs to throw money into the fountain every time we are there.

However. It started to sprinkle outside and we were quickly losing sunshine. Babygirl had been napping for over 2 hours at this point. I tried waking her up but she refused to get out of bed. I swear she is a teenager trapped in a toddler's body. The rain picked up so I had to run outside and bring the eggs in. I was frustrated at this point and so over the day. So I just dumped the chocolate into her Easter basket, put her money into a cup and called it a day.

Easter Bunny fun

On Good Friday we made a trip to see the Easter Bunny. I had to wake up Babygirl for this, which started the day off badly. She is ridiculously grumpy if you interrupt her sleep. I swear she is a fifteen year old trapped inside a toddler body.

Once we got to the conservatory I realized this was a lot bigger deal than it usually is. I'm not sure if everyone in the city decided at once that the Easter Bunny at the mall charges crazy prices for pictures but the place was swarmed today. $5 admission and take pictures yourself? That's my kind of deal.

 

Babygirl refusing to smile before we left the house.

BabySister waiting in line.

I got this!

Bath time

The girls shared their first bath this last week. I know Babygirl is looking forward to Babysister getting a little older to be able to actually play with her.

Babysister sat in the Bumbo seat and just watched her big sister play and splash in the water. Babygirl kept trying to wash her on her own!