4 Little Princesses: Emilie update

Well, we're through the worst of it. Emilie's surgery went well on Monday. The anesthesiologists said she was the happiest patient they'd had all day as she chattered away while they pushed her bed down the hall to the operating room. An hour later her dr. stopped by and said that her tonsils were as large as we had thought, but her adenoids really stole the show. They were huge and blocking over half of her airway. So after she heals up and the swelling in her throat goes down, Em should be breathing and eating much better.

Emilie had a rough time in recovery. She was really disoriented, shaking, and almost hysterical. Once mommy and daddy got to hold her and some of the pain drugs kicked in, she settled down a lot. She did good after that and was soon eating popsicles like a champ. We got to go home about 5 hours after surgery. Oh and Chloe (who was with us all day) did really well. She ate, took a nap in her stroller, played with the toys in the play area, and talked to all Em's nurses and drs. We were thankful for that since a crabby baby would have made everything more stressful!

Emilie's done good at home too. She's watched a ton of movies, had lots of popsicles, and is even eating some soft foods like eggs and yogurt. Her throat is pretty sore (she let me look in her mouth today and all I can say is "OW!"). You can definetely tell when her meds start wearing off too. Its really hard to keep her drinking so hopefully the popsicles are helping to keep her fairly hydrated. We've been bribing her to drink half a glass of juice/water and then she can have another popsicle. She's loving all the sweets! She's also running about a 99.5-100 degree temperature which they said was OK for up to 48 hours after surgery (as long as it doesn't go over 100.5), but it doesn't seem to be bothering her. She's just a little flushed. So now we just have to keep her from doing too much for the next week or so and drinking plenty of fluids. They also mentioned that around day 5-7 her throat will get more sore again as the scabs come off (yuck!). We are definetely glad that is over and that everything has gone well so far! Thanks for all the prayers.

Meeting our nurse right after we got there.