Tubes Conclusion

As my alarm when off at 4:30, I realized I got very little sleep that night. I was up praying and getting ready for my little girl to have surgery. Once David and I got ready, we woke Mollie up and put her in the car. I was really worried about her being hungry, so I we dressed her in pajamas she could wear to the hospital. When we got there, David let Mollie play with all the toys in the waiting room while I checked us in. It was all very painless. That put me at a little ease.

Then we were called back to get Mollie's vitals. As we were back there, Mollie did very well with all of it. The worst part was the oxygen machine. Mollie HATES that thing being wrapped around her finger. Finally, we got past that. We were put into a room with a small hospital bed and some toys. We had about an hour before the actual surgery, so we played and walked around the halls of the rooms. Mollie was starting to get very hungry, so we had to do everything to keep her busy.

After about an hour, they came to get Mollie for surgery. David took her back.  (I knew I wouldn't be able to handle seeing her laying there like that.) They put me in a recovery room where we would wait for Mollie to get out of surgery. About 25 minutes later, they brought her in. I was very emotional. It was so sad for me to see my baby on a big hospital bed. She looked so tiny on that big bed. They said she would wake up soon and we would be able to take her home once she was fully awake. It took her about 20 minutes to wake up. We had to wake her up because she had gone into her nap.

After she woke up, she cried until we took the oxygen monitor off her finger (about 1 minute). Then she was completely fine once that thing came off her finger. We gave her a cracker and her water. She was so good! We were able to leave. She slept on the way home, and she was back to herself right when we got home.

We haven't had to have any problems with her ears since. We will go back at the beginning of March for a recheck.