August 13, 2008

Our Little Trooper

Megan had her surgery on her thumbs yesterday and everything went great. She was such a trooper throughout the whole thing. The only thing we had to fight her a little on was the medication to make her a little loopy so they could put her completely under. She said it tasted gross and wanted some water. I thought she looked so cute in her hospital gown.

They gave her coloring book to pass the time while we were waiting for the surgery to begin. She doesn't usually color that much, but she loved it that morning.
This picture is of her showing us her sticker that told us her temperature. I hadn't seen anything like that before. I think she kind of liked having a sticker on her forehead.
You might not be able to tell, but she is a little loopy in this picture. At one point she broke out in the Veggie Tales theme song. She was pretty funny to watch when the medication started taking affect. It definitely helped lighten the mood. I was fine until they rolled her away on the gurney. Then Brian and I both lost it. Thank goodness we weren't away from her for very long.
This picture is after her surgery in recovery. We asked her to smile for the camera and this is what we got. She was trying. I thought it was a funny picture. The nurses told us that most kids come out of anethesia very irritated and most of the time unconsolable. Not Megan. She was so good and never complained a bit.
She has a pretty big gauze bandages on that we will be able to take off on Thursday morning. Then she will where regular bandaids for about a week and then she's done. We still haven't given her anything for the pain. I can't believe that. Except for the bandages on her hands, you wouldn't know she had surgery yesterday. She did such a good job with everything and we are so proud of her. We will post a before and after picture once we take off the gauze.

6 comments:

Verlee said...

glad to hear everything went well. thanks for keeping us updated. she has been in our thoughts and prayers! what a cutie!

Anonymous said...

what a trooper. I think it is so heart braking to see little kids in a big hospital bed. You just wish at times like that you could take over for them so they dont have to go through it. I guess that is why we are here on this earth though so we can hold on and do those things that sometimes we dont want to do. What a big girl.

Gramma Jello said...

keen

Lacy King said...

Wait what was the surgery for? I am glad she did great!

Amy said...

Get well soon Megan! You DO look SO CUTE in your hospitol gown! A BIG THUMBS UP! ;)

Sara said...

That picture of her all groggy is priceless! So glad that everything went well!