It's OVER!

First of all, let me tell you that the surgery is done and we are home, rested, fed and back to our somewhat normal routine.

Now for the more detailed version:

We did not get ANY sleep last night - (we, being Grant and I) - Olivia managed to sleep right through the incredibly loud and bright storm that lasted all of last night - well until about 4am or so - when our alarm was set for 4:15 . . . ugh! So we started off the morning well.

Anyway, we got the little one up and out the door to leave at 5am to head to the hospital and she was in pretty good spirits considering the time. She didn't even sleep in the car.


We entertained the other guests in the waiting room until it was our turn to be called back (a little after 7am). Then we had a whole bunch of nurses, the anesthesiologist and doctors come by to ask us questions . . . and once rumors got out about the cute little baby with the painted toe nails, we had a bunch of nurses both before and after the procedure coming to take a peek at little Olivia! She was a real trooper for not having had much sleep or any food for over 12 hours!

Here we are getting ready:

What are these things???

See the little froggy they gave me!

What are all those machines for?

Look what they did to my face!

They wound up taking her away (awake - I was hoping we could be with her when they put her under, but we weren't!) and sending us off to the waiting room. (tick tock) Then about a half an hour later or so, the doctor came out to get us. She told us that the surgery went well. She was amazed at just how incredibly blocked her ducts actually were (especially the left one, which was always the worse one!!) Apparently it took her a couple attempts to get the left one unblocked and said it felt like gravel in there!

Then we were taken back to see her and we could hear her right when we opened the door to the big recovery room. She was mad . . . REALLY mad! She was quite grumpy and obviously didn't feel well, but alive and well and hopefully the surgery will prove to be the success that the doctor thinks it is. The doctor said that she will feel MUCH better once this initial part is over. That's good news - maybe now she can enjoy being outdoors.

So, we went home (saying goodbye to all the friends we made in the lobby as we passed back through) and Olivia had a little juice and a waffle and we ALL headed off to bed for a LONG nap! (A MUCH needed nap!!!) Now we are all well rested, Olivia has had a very full cup of milk, a BIG lunch and some snacks and is in a much better mood and aside from the leftover bloody drainage coming from her eyes and nose (yeah, a fun little aftermath of the surgery!), and the start of a black eye on her left eye, you would never know what she went through just this morning. What a strong little girl she is.

Here are some pictures from after we were home. You can sort of see that it looks like she is going to wind up with a black eye on her left eye. But if that's all she gets, we'll take it!

See, don't worry everyone - I'm just fine!

Thank you to all who said a prayer on our behalf and kept us in their thoughts today. We REALLY appreciate it. It was a rough morning for us - but it helped knowing we had so much support. I think all of it paid off - our pumpkin is home, healthy and happy . . . and so are we! :)