Tubed

Everything went smoothly with Vada’s ear tube procedure this morning. We were at the hospital from 7am to almost 11am but the procedure itself took less than 15 minutes. She was given little hospital scrubs to wear and we all had medical ID bracelets. We waited in the children’s play area until surgery was ready for us. Then she was given tylenol and “baby Valium” to keep her calm as we headed to the pre-op area. This is where it started to feel more serious as the pre-op area housed all of the patients lined up for whatever surgeries in that half hour or so. The doctor came out to review the procedure with us again and then the anesthesiologist and nurse took Vada away. We were sent to the family waiting area. Vada was sedated with gas for the procedure. 10 minutes later and the doctor came to let us know everything went well. And then a few minutes later a nurse came to let one of us into the post-op area to be with Vada as she woke up. Again this part felt fairly serious as it was a large open room housing many patients just transitioning out of surgery. Apparently my face went pale because I was put on fainting watch. They made me sit down and brought me orange juice to drink. I snuggled with Vada as they continued to check her vitals. She was angry as she woke up but I think mostly out of hunger. Then we picked up Toban from the waiting room and headed back to the lower key recovery rooms. The whole time the nurse was ordering me to stay in front of her where she could see me in case I passed out. I guess I am not cut out for hospital work. Vada slept for awhile in the recovery room and then once she had eaten and snapped out of it a bit more we were released. We have been resting some more here at home today.