All better

Camryn's surgery was scheduled for 7:30 this morning. We had to be there bright and early at 6:30. She was very good throughout the prep procedures including getting her blood pressure checked. After all of that fun, she was excited when they gave her a puzzle to play with. She began to get rather antsy after a while, but we managed to keep her entertained until they took her away from us. She willingly went with the nice male nurse and she said, "Mommy too." I gave her a kiss and told her that mommy couldn't go with her, but we would see her soon. It was then that she started to cry. Our last sight of her before her surgery was her crying while the nurse walked down the hall. It was terrible!!! We only waited in the waiting room for about 10 minutes when the nurse told us to come back to talk to the doctor. Dr. Belser (who is wonderful, by the way) told us that she was all done. He said that her right ear looked great, but her left ear was red with fluid behind it and was most likely on its way to being infected again. That is yet another sign that we made the right decision. He said the tubes are in and everything looked great. He told us to come on back because she was already beginning to wake up when he left her. We got back to the pediatric recovery room and she was crying. I got her out of bed, but she was still disoriented and crying. She just kept crying and crying - it was breaking my heart. It was a cry that neither of us had ever heard from her before, so I just held her and told her that we were there. We eventually got her dressed and out to the car - still crying. She cried the whole way home. We asked her if she wanted to watch a movie, so she requested Bambi. She immediately calmed down - the picture above is of her engrossed with Bambi. I eventually crawled in beside her and we watched it together. After a little while, she had some toast and started to get back to her normal self. She napped for 3 hours this afternoon - she really needed it. All in all, I don't think she is too traumatized by it. From now on, we just have to make sure she wears her ear plugs in the bath and pool. We got them last week and we tried to make wearing them fun. She went along with it and doesn't complain one bit when it is time to put them in, but I think that is only because they are pink - she loves anything that is pink!

I have more to write about our trip to New York, but that will have to be another post. I figured Camryn took priority over our trip for now. I promise I will write more later and I even have plans to post more pictures of Camryn on the website soon - I will try my best.