I want to thank everyone for there kind words and concern! Holly now has tubes in her ears. We hope this will help with her speech, but mostly it will prevent future ear infections and numerous antibiotics
We were nervous at first of course, but the Pre-op appointment helped ease our fears. And while we had second thoughts since she has been well of late, she still had trapped fluid, and would most likely get a new infection at the first sign of a cold.
This spring she had 6 infections and developed an allergy to amoxicillian. So we felt this was the best step to take. For the Surgery Holly could not eat or drink starting from midnight the night before, we were lucky that she slept right till 9:30 when we left for the hospital.
We packed a ton of toys and had to be sure to clean out all food and drink from the diaper bag before going as not to tempt her.
First we went in to see a nurse and get Holly changed and get her vitals completed, and of course verify she had not eaten.
Then we had some time for her to "terrorize the lobby" she played with her shaker's and her Gabba toys
Her and Daddy played with some lego's and then it was time to see the Anesthesiologist.
At Pre-Op she did play therapy and was able to play with the mask and tube and put it on her face so it was familiar to her when it was time for the real thing.
Before pre-op I was expecting it too take minutes, they told me 10-15 seconds, in reality I think it was maybe 30. They warned me she might thrash around.
The gas had a strawberry flavor/smell to it and she didn't fight it as much as I feared she would, she cried a little bit, but that only meant she was taking deeper breaths and it was happening faster.
It was surreal though to see her laying on the table not moving, "passed out" and then they took us out and wheeled her into the OR. We went to the special lobby.
Joel ran downstairs to get me a bagel and some tea and I would say in less then 10 minutes the doctor came out and it was over, he said it was smooth, and there were no complications.
She was in recovery doing the post-op check and he said they would get us in about 10 minutes, I guess when they woke her she started to cry and was really cranky.
She wanted a yogurt juice and the sugar water and apple juice they offered only made her more mad. Finally they said we could go and once we were on our way out she stopped crying. She spent most of the afternoon on my lap watching TV or later taking a nap, we had to ease her slowly from clear liquids to juice and jello but by nap she had a yogurt juice and when she woke for dinner she had mac and Cheese. no reaction at all, and by evening she was back to herself.
I want to thank everyone for there kind words and concern! Holly now has tubes in her ears. We hope this will help with her speech, but mostly it will prevent future ear infections and numerous antibiotics
We were nervous at first of course, but the Pre-op appointment helped ease our fears. And while we had second thoughts since she has been well of late, she still had trapped fluid, and would most likely get a new infection at the first sign of a cold.
This spring she had 6 infections and developed an allergy to amoxicillian. So we felt this was the best step to take. For the Surgery Holly could not eat or drink starting from midnight the night before, we were lucky that she slept right till 9:30 when we left for the hospital.
We packed a ton of toys and had to be sure to clean out all food and drink from the diaper bag before going as not to tempt her.
First we went in to see a nurse and get Holly changed and get her vitals completed, and of course verify she had not eaten.
Then we had some time for her to "terrorize the lobby" she played with her shaker's and her Gabba toys
Her and Daddy played with some lego's and then it was time to see the Anesthesiologist.
At Pre-Op she did play therapy and was able to play with the mask and tube and put it on her face so it was familiar to her when it was time for the real thing.
Before pre-op I was expecting it too take minutes, they told me 10-15 seconds, in reality I think it was maybe 30. They warned me she might thrash around.
The gas had a strawberry flavor/smell to it and she didn't fight it as much as I feared she would, she cried a little bit, but that only meant she was taking deeper breaths and it was happening faster.
It was surreal though to see her laying on the table not moving, "passed out" and then they took us out and wheeled her into the OR. We went to the special lobby.
Joel ran downstairs to get me a bagel and some tea and I would say in less then 10 minutes the doctor came out and it was over, he said it was smooth, and there were no complications.
She was in recovery doing the post-op check and he said they would get us in about 10 minutes, I guess when they woke her she started to cry and was really cranky.
She wanted a yogurt juice and the sugar water and apple juice they offered only made her more mad. Finally they said we could go and once we were on our way out she stopped crying. She spent most of the afternoon on my lap watching TV or later taking a nap, we had to ease her slowly from clear liquids to juice and jello but by nap she had a yogurt juice and when she woke for dinner she had mac and Cheese. no reaction at all, and by evening she was back to herself.
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I'm so relieved that it's over, and so glad to hear she did so well.
Love, Granny
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