Nina’s First Surgery, Part I
NOTE – This post was originally published on September 22, 2010 at 8:40pm. I’ve moved it so that it falls in line with the rest of the timeline.
Here’s some quick pics of little girl Nina’s first adventure in the land of surgical procedures! You might see this post somewhere down the line again because I’m going to try to get us caught up and then file this one in the correct place chronologically. Also, this is just the pictures from my phone, not the pictures from Melissa’s. More coming soon!
September 21st, Mommy and Nina cuddle previous to the procedure… at this point we’re in the 2nd waiting room of a total of 4 waiting rooms throughout the procedure. I’m not kidding. See this image larger.
Just before anesthesia, little girl hasn’t had anything to eat since 3:30am and this is at 10:08am… still she somehow manages to find the ability to sleep. Here we’re in the third waiting room. In the fourth, they give you a number that corresponds to your child, and you watch her status change on a TV screen. It is like a cross between purgatory, the waiting room for a car mechanic, and waiting for a plane to land. See this image larger.
The parent has to “X” which nostril is the correct one, and the doctor initializes said nostril. This made me nervous. See this image larger.
After the procedure, Nina collapses into Mommy’s arms, content in that way alone. Here we’re waiting in the wrong room because they have not admitted us yet. We ended up waiting for 3 hours or so. See this image larger.
They have to scan her ankle bracelet whenever they give her certain meds. Now we’re groceries, I guess. This is our final room. Once we got here everything was awesome – people waited on us hand and foot! See this image larger.
A close-up of the battle-scarred wee one. She continues to tough through her pain. See this image larger.
Best I could do while holding the phone myself. Melissa has some nice pics on her phone. See this image larger.
This morning, the Princess returns to her castle! All is well! Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts — special thanks to Grandma Barb for watching Ian and taking care of us! See this image larger.
