Abby's Surgery

Abby's surgery went well!!!! Here is a run down of the event.
Thursday Night 10:30- Abby ate some popcorn and milk since she couldn't eat after midnight. Abby also wanted to wear her "Everyody Loves a Blue Eyed Girl" so she knew somebody loved her like God, Jesus or someone while she was at the hospital.
Friday Morning 9:15- we arrive at Children's Hospital to admit Abby. She did real well.
10:00- she was admitted in and we went to the 4th floor to her room that she would be in. Abby was great with nurse that took her weight, height, bp, and temp. When the nurse took us to her room and told her she could lay on the bed, that is when she started having trouble. The nurse left us and she began to cry and said she wanted to go home and not have the surgery. We then had Abby sit on daddy's lap instead of lay on the bed. That seemed to help.
11:00 (or so)- Mamaw and Papaw came and brought some goodies for Abby. She was so excited to see them. We had already answered all of the nurse's questions and Abby had her little gown on (that was still so big) and her little bracelet. Mamaw and Papaw kept her distracted with books and coloring and stuff. I felt bad because I had to keep eating in front of her. Abby kept saying that there was no food in her tummy, she was so hungry, and wanted to go home. Poor thing!!!
12:00- Finally, they came with the 'Happy Juice'. They told us that it would be 30 minutes after they gave it to her when they would come and take her back for the surgery. The 'Happy Juice' is to keep them feeling good and relaxed so the separation isn't so bad. I was starved at this point, but it was only going to be 30 minutes. (Yeah right).
12:3o- They have not come to take her back yet. Which was OK because the Happy Juice hadn't fully kicked in. We kept her busy and distracted, thanks to books, mamaw and the movie playing.
12:45- The Happy Juice finally kicked in. The first thing that Abby did was sit up and then fall back on the pillow. When she did that she started laughing hard. She thought it was so funny and made her head go dizzy. She kept doing that over and over laughing hard. It was hilarious to see her like that. She said "hey guys I'm up and I'm down". Then she would say funny things. She was talking to Mamaw and we couldn't understand her. She was saying to close the curtain. It took a few times for us to figure it out.
1:15- an hour and 15 minutes after the Happy Juice they came and took her to the 6th floor. We walked with her the whole way and mom and dad went to get something to drink.
1:25- They took her back through the double doors to the operating room. That is when Ben and I had to go to the waiting room. Abby did real well and the surgeon, anesthesiologist, and nurse were with her as they went back. Only a few tears were shed (from her mom!). I did pretty good for myself though. I went with my dad to go get lunch (finally) which was a great distraction.
1:40- I was getting lunch but Ben and mom stayed in the waiting room. They called and said she was asleep and they were starting the surgery.
2:25- Dr. Fowler (surgeon) came in and told us that everything went well and Abby did great. She gave us some instructions and said that Abby would stay in recovery for about 30 minutes or so. When the doctor left we went back down to Abby's room to wait for her room recovery.
3:00- They called us and said she was waking up but they gave her some Demoral (?) in recovery for the pain.
3:15- We are all anxious to see her!!!! A very long wait for us (at least it seemed forever). They wheeled Abby in and she was crying!!! It broke our hearts. She kept saying she was scared and was crying for her mommy and daddy. Her throat was scratchy from the tubes. The transporter/nurse said she didn't start crying until a little boy beside her woke up and started crying. That scared her and she started. She kept saying she wanted to go home and she was scared. Mamaw and Papaw told her bye because they had to pick up Uncle Nick from school (she cried then) and then she fell asleep.
4:00- She was asleep and Mommy took a quick nap too!
4:30- Abby woke up and sat up asking where Uncle Nick, Mamaw and Papaw were. We told her they left to pick up Nick and they were at home. She then fell asleep for a few minutes.
4:45- Abby woke up and couldn't understand why mamaw and papaw left before she had the surgery. She didn't remember she already had the surgery. The nurse gave her some Tylenol with codeine for her pain. We had to wait an hour to make sure she reacted OK to the codeine. Abby kept saying she wanted to go home, but was OK after they gave her a popsicle and I gave her some gold fish.
6:15- FINALLY WE LEFT THE HOSPITAL!!!! They asked Abby if she wanted a wheel chair and she said yes. We got home and Abby did great. We all crashed, but Abby stayed awake watching her movies she got.

She is still doing great!!! She did not have any more pain medicine after that Tylenol at the hospital. She is a trooper. She is also extremely smart and milking this for all it's worth. She told me I can't get upset with her because she is the one who had the surgery. She also told me she can't go to school since she plays hard at school so she can't go at all.

Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts.