Wake Me When Its Over

This morning we checked into the hospital in a very sleepy mood.





But thank goodness we got to go to the Childrens Hospital, where they cater to kids (go figure!).

Slipping her back into the yellow hospital gown gave me some bad de-ja-vu though.

I'll be okay if we go... forever... without putting one of these on again.

After she got ready, the nurse brought her a coloring storybook called "A Trip To The Hospital." I have to give them props for being creative. This visit was SO DIFFERENT from our last visit now that they have the full blown Childrens Hospital up and running.

Do I look like I'm happy about this?! Really?!

After waiting a little bit, they came and gave Savannah some Versed, which proved to be a wonderful thing. It made her totally relaxed and she completely forgot how thirsty she was. Look at those eyes!

I carried her back to the OR and held her while she was put under general anesthesia. She hated the mask they put on her face, but luckily she could only fight it for a few seconds before she was out. That part was probably the hardest for me - laying her on the operating table and leaving the room. The nurses and doctors were great though and they made me feel as comfortable as possible about it.

About 45 minutes later, she was done! They brought her back to the room and she was fighting mad. She was trying to rip everything off... the electrodes, the blood pressure cuff, the pulse oximeter... It took about 20 minutes to calm her down, but a few sips of diet Coke made her feel much better. They said her throat was probably sore from the breathing tube. Why diet Coke, you ask? Well, because thats what she insisted on. And when a baby comes back from a surgical procedure, she apparently gets what she wants.

As you can tell, we're a little bit exhausted.

Yet still creative. Have you ever seen a throw-up bucket used as a bowl for goldfish?! Good idea, Savannah!

Now we are back home and Babycakes is sound asleep in her bed. And hopefully she'll rest comfortably for a while.

So what did they find? Well, we'll find out for sure on Tuesday, but the preliminary report is pretty good. They didn't find any big abnormalities. They did find one significant thing though and it was that her duodenum was very pale, and it is supposed to be a bright pink color. The doctor said he took some samples and microscope pictures and he will get those back on Monday and we'll discuss them at the office on Tuesday. It typically indicates a food allergy, however. So all in all, I feel like that is really good news... we can totally deal with a food allergy!

Thanks for praying and please continue to pray as she recovers and we get the results on Tuesday. :)