First Hospital Visit

Well Hannah's surgery was today. It went really well. She was so brave and such a trooper. We had to check in to the hospital this morning at 8:15 which meant that we had to leave our house by 6:45 to drop Abi off at Grandma's and then make it back into town by 8:15. She couldn't eat or drink anything so Josh and I had to eat before she got up and then Abi had to wait until we left Grandma's to get breakfast. Regardless Hannah never even asked for a drink. After waiting a little while they took us back to a exam room so that we could change her into the hospital jammies. She was so excited to get to wear them and get new socks. Then they took us to the pre-op waiting room where she got to play with more toys for a few minutes. About 1/2 hour later they came and gave her some anti-anxiety medication and told us that she had to sit on our lap or in a wagon after that because it would make her groggy. She chose to sit in a wagon. For a few minutes she acted normal. The doctor came to talk to us and then the anestesiologist, as soon as he came in the room the medication hit her like a ton of bricks and she was falling over in the wagon before we knew it. Poor girl. We got her situated and then walked her to the operating room where she went with them willingly, no fuss that we were leaving her. Then we were sent to the parents waiting room. A short time later (about 40 minutes) they called me back cause she was done. When I found her she was flopping all over the bed because she was still drugged up. And she didn't want the nurses to touch her cause she didn't know them or where she was. When I picked her up she snuggled right into my arms and went right back to sleep. She was such a brave little girl yesterday. I'm so proud of her.