Friday, March 12, 2010

Ella's surgery

Today Ella had to go in and get an out patient surgery done at Primary Children's. Her four back molars had really deep pits. So they had to go in and get them taken care of before they went to the root, and caused even more problems for her. We had to be there at 6:00 AM so we could check in and they could check all of her vitals and everything to make sure she was ok. Then they gave her some medicine in a syringe to make her tired before taking her in for the procedure. They took her about 7:30, and it only took about an hour. They had to put in a breathing tube in her nose. So they had to wait until she woke up to take it out, and then I could see her. As soon as I got back to see her she sat up, took the blankets off, wanted to take off all of the monitors and her little IV and said lets go. But we had to wait until she would drink some water or eat a popsicle to make sure she was ok to go home. She threw up a little blood one time at the hospital (which they say is normal from having the breathing tube in), but ate a popsicle right after. Then they released us, and she got to ride in a little wagon to the doors. As soon as we got home we cuddled on the couch and took a nap. She has been doing well since she got home. She gets really happy and wants to play then gets tired again, and just wants to watch Cartoons. She did such a great job for not having a clue what was about to happen to her. I am so proud of my little Ella bug for being so brave! Love you bug!

I did take some pictures on my phone, but wiil post them later.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

How scary to take your little Ella in for surgery! I'm glad to hear everything went o.k. Congrats on your baby boy! It is so fun having two kids!

Shellie and Bryan said...

Hey Lauren. I found your blog and its been fun to see all the stuff you're up to. I'm glad the surgery went well. And I am way excited for you to have a little boy! Good luck with everything :)