Post Surgery

The surgery/hospital stay was much more traumatic than I thought it would be. She did fine waiting right up until the nurse came to wheel her crib to the OR. Even though I was walking with her she started freaking out. I held her but she continued to cry, and then they bascially had to take her out of my arms screaming, crying out for mommy. I knew she would be asleep in minutes but that was tough. I then waited just over an hour and went back to post-op as she was waking up. She pretty much picked up where she left off, crying but very out of it. Again, hard to watch. She couldn't calm down so they finally gave her a little morphin and she eventually fell asleep in my arms. Every time she would start to wake up, she would realize her leg hurt from the iv and cry again. She would go back to sleep and a nurse would come in to take her blood pressure and the crying would start again. Finally, they took out the iv and she perked up a lot. By the time we left, she gave out of few smiles and told the nurse "thank you " and "bye bye". She then slept for about another 4 hrs, then started returning to her happy self later in the night. She slept great last night, and is in good spirits today. Only once she started to rub her eyes and fussed a bit and said "oooowie". Anyway, I'm glad its done and over. Surgeries and little children is just a sad combination.