The Big (Scary) Day!

Today was Evelyn's tear duct surgery.

Unfortunately, Jared could not take off work so my best friend, Krissy, stayed the night with me to go with in the morning. We woke up bright and early at 5:15am to get ready but waited to get Evelyn in her coat until the last minute so she could sleep as long as possible. To our surprise she was chipper and talkative as ever on the ride to the hospital. She enjoyed her time waiting in the lobby talking to other patients. She was performing at her very best and when asked her age she sweetly replied, "Seven". They got a kick out of that!

When we arrived to her room they had a tiger print kids gown, tons of Christmas stickers and a beanie baby waiting on her bed. She happily slipped on the gown, stuck on a few stickers and was parading around the room making everyone laugh. When it came time for her medicine she calmly sat and drank it. After about 15 minutes it began to kick in. She was contently sitting on a chair when suddenly she lost control and, in what appeared to be slow motion, slipped to the ground. There she sat, hysterically laughing for a good few minutes. After scraping her off the ground, I brought her onto the bed to sit with me. She began to babble nonsense words and laugh simultaneously. When it was time for her to be wheeled into the operating room all you could see was a bed of white and a tiny smiling face on the pillow.

Only 15minutes later I was reassured with cries of "Mommy!" and heavy sobs-she had made it! Listening to this for 10minutes was REALLY making me antsy to see my little sweets. She was so relieved to be in my arms again and continued to cry and scream (loudly!) for a good 15-20minutes. The nurse came in to check on her and mentioned food which immediately perked Evelyn right up. While we waited for her tray we gave her some treats we had brought. Overall, she ate two pancakes, a piece of toast, a package of fruit snacks, half a tiny box of nerds, a few Teddy Grahams and two cups of apple juice. Wow. During this feast her nurse would come in every so often to check her vitals. Everyone, including myself, was impressed by how willingly she agreed to everything. While eating her feast, she was asked to let them put the heartrate monitor on her finger. She must smiled and stuck her finger out while still holding on to her fork. They slipped it on, she kept eating, they took it off, Evelyn said thank you.

Overall, the procedure went perfect. Evelyn did great and the entire staff enjoyed her. Several people popped in throughout our time there to say how adorable she was or how much fun she was. And everyone, including myself, was impressed by how good she was.

Once we arrived home Evelyn was pretty fussy. Until she saw what Daddy had waiting for her.



Then we watched a few shows before Evelyn fell asleep....for FOUR hours. After she woke up we had dinner (she ate great!), had a visit from our neighbors and went to bed at our regular time. I'm so proud of my little Bug! She did awesome!!

Here is a shot of her recovering...