All Done

We're home from A's surgery. All went well according to the surgeon. She was definitely nervous as they took her away from us and I was, too. I don't know how long she was awake in that operating room before the anesthesia kicked in, but she made a quick study of it. She was keen enough to notice what color hats the team members were wearing and remembered the mint-flavored air they gave her to breathe. Of all the flavors it could have been, they found the one that she doesn't like!

She was quite upset when she came to. I'm sure it was very scary to be so groggy and disoriented. They let me hold her and even rolled in a rocking chair so we could sit and rock and calm down. That still didn't work very well, so they had to give her some medicine to calm her down. I was grateful for that, because my bag of tricks wasn't working. Truly the thing that is most upsetting to her is the bandages. Each of her thumbs are wrapped to the tip with an extra wrap around her palm. This means no thumb-sucking for comfort for the next 48 hours. I was under the impression that the bandage would be much lower and she would still be able to suck her thumb. So none of us were prepared to be without that coping mechanism.

She keeps the bandages on for 48 hours, then we can take them off and her thumbs can get wet again, but just twice a day to wash them. The dissolvable stitches are covered with a tissue glue and that has to stay on as long as possible. Hopefully, she won't want to pick at it. We go back in 2 weeks for a follow-up appointment.

J went searching for Beauty and the Beast yesterday, only to learn that it is locked in the Disney vault and no rental or retail stores have it available. What a marketing crock! In the process of his hunt, he picked up Mulan, the Incredibles, 101 Dalmatians, and the Neverending Story. Then he got a tweet from a friend who was offering to loan Beauty and the Beast and Alladin. Success at last!! So we are stocked up on movies for the next few days. She's watching Mulan now and it's so sad listening to her as she realizes each time that she can't suck her thumb or rub her little fingers on her meatsy blanket. Maybe this will break the bad habit. But I'm not going to force the issue when the bandages come off in two days.

Time to go snuggle with my girls so J can get to work. Thanks for all the prayers!