Hannah's Surgery

Hannah had her surgery this morning and came through with flying colors. I knew they said it would be quick but I had no idea it would be that quick. Like 10 minutes.

They told me to let her stay in pj's and bring her comfort things (blanket, stuffed animals) so she packed up the blanket Deb made for her years ago, the blanket Sue gave her years ago (she still sleeps with both blankets!) and a teddy bear. She was thrilled when they gave her bear a hospital bracelet and a hair thing. They even let her take all of it into the OR with her. That was nice.

Like I said, it was 10 minutes after we waved goodbye that they came out and told us that she was done. The doctor came in to talk to us and said that her adenoids, were indeed, huge. He said that everything went really well and he expected her to have a quick recovery.

Mike and I went back to see her and she seemed so groggy but was still her spirited little self. They gave her some apple juice, a popsicle (because she had one of those throat tubes, her throat would be pretty sore today. It was hard to see her with the IV and machines and all, but they unhooked her pretty quickly and we were able to go home.

Now, she's hanging out on the couch with a milkshake, just taking it easy for the rest of the day.


Here's Hannah and her bear before they wheeled her back for her surgery.
The nurse wheels Hannah out to the van when we were ready to go.

Hannah

Hannah saw the ENT again today. He said that she must have just been having a good day the last time he saw her because her ears are bad again. Sooo, we scheduled her Myringotomy with Tympanostomy Tubes (ear tubes) and Adenoidectomy for July 31st. The ENT said that the tubes should last about 2 years (there are 6 month, 2 and 5 year tubes) and she needs to be seen every 6 months to check her progress. The surprise here is that she has to have her adenoids out. The ENT thinks that those are why her ears are clogged and aren't draining. He also said that it should help considerably with her asthma. She's scared about it all but the ENT told her that she gets to have ice cream after (I thought that was for tonsils!) so she's excited about that.

I hope this works.