Post-op

We avoided the stomach bug so far and had the surgery without incident. It was so short and simple, they said they could have done it in the office except it would have been very painful. So we had to go through the whole hassle of the hospital just for a little gas sedation. They didn't even need to do the IV sedation. It made we wish that we could have just stopped in at the nearest dental office instead of the hospital and have had them sedate her :).

Since the surgery had been pushed back, her arm had healed a lot more than  it would have if we had the surgery earlier. That meant a Christmas surprise of only a soft splint on her arm and no more hard cast! To celebrate, Willa was finally able to put on her Rapunzel dress that Bridgett got her for her birthday and that she has never been able to wear.

Surgery is always a pain and having a toddler wake up with anesthesia is no joke, but I am also so grateful that it was such a minor thing. We were at the children's hospital this time and it was sobering to see the new baby next to us going in for a five hour heart surgery . We got to leave the hospital just as they were starting on her. It definitely made us feel very grateful.

Ta da! Rapunzel dress at last!