Charlotte's lil surgery
Yesterday Charlotte had ear tubes inserted and her adenoids removed. She's had chronic fluid in her ears since before last summer and while we got her ears pretty clear in January, the fluid came right back. Couldn't put it off any longer, her hearing wasn't 100% and it wasn't fair to her. I wasn't wild about adenoid removal, but an x-ray showed they were enlarged, so maybe part of the problem. If we didn't have them removed and it turned out they were the culprit, that would have been another surgery. So.
She's doing really well. It was a little scary when she woke up from the anesthesia yesterday because she was crying and in a lot of pain (her throat). They had her on a morphine drip, which had me seriously concerned for pain managment at home. She slept on me for about 1 1/2 hours in the recovery room and then we headed home. My mom read to her while I filled her prescription in a torrential downpour and bought her a pillow pet (which only prompted her to ask why everyone was being so nice to her). I brought lunch for me and my mother. We thought Charlotte would join us in the kitchen for some ice cream, but she just passed out on the couch for about 2 hours. When she woke up she was ready for some ice cream and pudding and I gave her some ibuprofen. We snuggled and watched Shrek. The worst is definitely behind her. She was up at 6 this morning (I thought it was Jessica at first and I was ready to drag her back to her bed, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it was the elder). I got her ibuprofen (said her tongue hurt) and thought she'd go back to bed with me. No, she was UP! No problems talking, good spirits. Best of all, is when she woke up from that nap on the couch yesterday, she came into the kitchen where I was watching Ellen, obviously on a low volume so as not to disturb her, and she told me the tv was too loud. Woo hoo!
Today is a fun day with daddy - they'll definitely take it easy (daddy knows no other way) and either see a movie or go buy a DVD, the choice is hers. I'm bummed that I took yesterday off and he gets the fun, but then again, it was nice to have her sleeping on top of me. She hasn't fallen asleep in my arms for years. :-)
She's doing really well. It was a little scary when she woke up from the anesthesia yesterday because she was crying and in a lot of pain (her throat). They had her on a morphine drip, which had me seriously concerned for pain managment at home. She slept on me for about 1 1/2 hours in the recovery room and then we headed home. My mom read to her while I filled her prescription in a torrential downpour and bought her a pillow pet (which only prompted her to ask why everyone was being so nice to her). I brought lunch for me and my mother. We thought Charlotte would join us in the kitchen for some ice cream, but she just passed out on the couch for about 2 hours. When she woke up she was ready for some ice cream and pudding and I gave her some ibuprofen. We snuggled and watched Shrek. The worst is definitely behind her. She was up at 6 this morning (I thought it was Jessica at first and I was ready to drag her back to her bed, but I was pleasantly surprised to see it was the elder). I got her ibuprofen (said her tongue hurt) and thought she'd go back to bed with me. No, she was UP! No problems talking, good spirits. Best of all, is when she woke up from that nap on the couch yesterday, she came into the kitchen where I was watching Ellen, obviously on a low volume so as not to disturb her, and she told me the tv was too loud. Woo hoo!
Today is a fun day with daddy - they'll definitely take it easy (daddy knows no other way) and either see a movie or go buy a DVD, the choice is hers. I'm bummed that I took yesterday off and he gets the fun, but then again, it was nice to have her sleeping on top of me. She hasn't fallen asleep in my arms for years. :-)