The Veldmans: Surgery Day

Today was a day for surgeries. Both Great Grandma and Grandma Great had cataract surgery this morning, and Ava got her tubes in. We were up bright and early to get to the hospital by 6:00 this morning. We were greeted by wonderful and cheerful people at Children's Hospital in St. Paul. We got to pre-op and went through all the questions, the child life specialist came in to go over "the mask" with us and Ava and let Ava pick out what flavor of lipsmacker she wanted in the mask (like she knew the diffence). Being my girl she obviously went for the pink one. :) Before we knew it Daddy was taking her into the OR and off to sleep she went in his arms. Twenty minutes later she was back in our arms and was ready to eat and drink. They had warned us that most kids are crying and upset when they wake up from the anesthesia. Ava didn't shed a tear. She did however immediately house a whole container of applesauce and some crackers. :) She did a great job and I have to say that I'm really looking forward to ear infection free days in our future! She is still on the augmentin and her stools were starting to show me that today. So off to the pharmacy we went again to get those darn $30 probiotics. Bring on the yogurt and probiotics. We do NOT want another repeat of the diarrhea situation we had the last time she was on augmentin!!! She's off to day care tomorrow. Please pray that she makes it through the day there without us getting a phone call that we need to pick her up due to "uncontainable stools".

Thanks for checking in on our little peanut, it was indeed a big day for her (and us)!

She seemed fairly happy about being at the hospital at 6 am

A little kiss from a worried Daddy

I loved these little socks with the skids on the bottom. She kept trying to pull the sock off because her pulse oximeter was on her toe. She also got a "fall risk" sticker. I suppose she is since she can't really walk.

Surgery is all done; just having a little snack.