Today's adventure began at 5 a.m. when I took Teyah downtown for her ear tube surgery. Fortunately, this is the first surgery for any of my kids. I was totally dreading having to do this myself, but I realized it was probably best for Aubrie and Ellie so they didn't have to get hauled out of bed in the wee hours of the morning and taken to someone's house (not to mention the stress on whomever would have watched them). Dave got Aubrie and Ellie up and off to school OK (Aubrie did Ellie's hair -- I maybe should have had Dave take a picture of that one!)
We spent most of the time in the waiting room because the surgery is actually very short. I was most worried about being there when the anesthesia put her to sleep. But I think I was well prepared for that aspect, but the worst part for me was when she woke up in so much pain. It was hard to see her hurting. Finally, the Motrin kicked in, and we made it home for her to have a nice nap (and me too since the others were at school!). Yeah school!
I had to post this pic too because I'm so proud of Ellie. It was her first day of dance class and this is a LONG time coming. She attempted dance last year, but was too nervous so we stopped and joined a parent/child gymnastics class. Then, after 5 weeks of refusing to join her independent gymnastics class this summer, we gave that up. By the end of the summer, she wanted to do swimming. After that success, she was all business today! Hooray Ellie!
4 comments:
Wow, what a week! Congrats for getting through so many firsts. It seems like we never get done with firsts. . . now for me it is first to college, then first on a mission, first driving, first grandchild! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I am so glad I am not the only mom to take pictures of their child before their surgery! I got some pretty weird looks when I took a picture of the doctor taking Jenna into the operating room!
Poor thing!!! Hope everything is ok and that she's feeling better, and resting!!! Cute picture of your little ballerina!
Glad to hear you made it through the surgery. Isn't it amazing how short it really is? I hope Teyah heals well and hopefully this will put you in the dr's office a lot less this winter! (You and me both.)
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