Synchronization of Us

Sorry for not writing yesterday but it was a long day and we were all really tried, Rebecca got home yesterday lunch time and is so far doing well. Her voice is husky for the moment (like she has a sore throat) and today she seems tired and clingy - she has been through alot the last few days.
She doesn’t seem to be in much pain although this morning she has been complaining of a sore head so she got some medication and is relaxing just now while her sister naps. Her second surgery is scheduled for 27th June .

Through out the situation we could not be more proud of our little girl, she took it all in her stride and was a complete angel . The worst part for all of us was when she first came around from the anesthetic , she was groggy and upset at this point and we felt helpless. She kept going from Craig’s arms to mine and eventually fell asleep again waking up almost as good as new.

I will not go through the medical stuff again as Craig said it all in the last post but wanted to have a full documentation of the day so have plenty of pictures to share

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I think at first Rebecca just thought she had been taken for a day of fun, her surgery was at a children’s hospital and there is so much for them to do and play with . The morning started with a run around at the park as we got there extra early (These pictures were taken around 7.30am in the morning, yawn)

8am arrived and it was admission time, we were taken to a room and she had to get changed into pajamas

The next 30 minutes or so were spent answering questions and filling out forms, we spoke to what seemed like nurse after nurse and both the surgeon and the person doing the anesthetic . Numbing cream was put on her hands which were then wrapped in bandages to keep the cream in place “special gloves” we called them

After all the paperwork was done she got to go in the playroom for a while, it was a huge room with so many toys for the kids to play with. Thankfully there are to of them - one for pre op and the other for after. The pre - op one no food and drink is allowed so as to not upset the kids . Rebecca of course was having a great time here, at one point she was taken to the hearing test but brought right back.

Around 10 o’clock she was taken in, we went along to the waiting room (where of course she had more toys to play with) for a few minutes then i went with her while she got the anesthetic. She was such a brave girl sitting on the bed getting wheeled along, they thankfully used the mask to put her to sleep first rather than a needle.
Rebecca of course fought the mask , she was not wanting it over her face and we had to hold her down a little. She did go to sleep though and i had to wave my little girl goodbye and leave her in the hands of Doctor K.

Craig and i were taken to the ward she was going into and able to get settled, we both had a quick sandwich and waited for what seemed like forever. Around 12-ish we were told she was out and could go down to get her, they had just woken her up and she was sitting on her bed . Poor thing just looked completely confused and not all there, once in the ward i was able to lift her up and she just melted into my arms. She was so scared and confused at this point, i feel ill just thinking about it.

Just look at that poor face
She had a oxygen monitor on the end of her finger that was making her so upset, she just kept crying over it and once we got a nurse to remove it she went to sleep.

She slept for a good while finally waking up seeming much more like Rebecca again, the first thing she asked for was Chocolate . She got to have a banana and something to drink , she played a little in the afternoon but she was still tired . Plus the iv that had been put in during surgery had to remain in place over night and as they could not find a place on her hand had been placed on her foot, this hurt when she tried to walk so she had to be carried alot. Come dinner she was starving and gulped it down

She was in good spirits after eating and didn’t seem in pain, she fell asleep around 7.30pm and more or less slept straight though (minus the mean nurse taken her blood pressure at around 2am) . I tried to sleep in the bed next to her but between the other children crying and machines going off barely got any.
The next morning started at 5am, much to early considering there is nothing to do at that time. We snuggled in bed till around 6.30 when the morning checks and such started.

The next few hours were long and boring, all a waiting game first for the doctors to say she was ok to go then for the nurses to remove the iv. It was annoying her and even lying down she would keep her foot in the air

Once that was taken of she was much happier and got to run around and play till Craig and Eilidh got there, she was sure making up for lost time at this point by trying to destroy the place and jumping on the toy beds.

Now we just have to look forward to repeating the experience in a few weeks.

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