Today we had Brinley's eartube surgery and I'm happy to say it was a huge success. The trickiest part was just keeping food away from her from the time she woke up until her surgery at 11:30. I tried not to eat or let anyone else eat in front of her. I think that helped. Anyway, Here are some pictures of her in her hospital jammies getting geared up for the procedure. You can tell that the lack of food didn't have that big of an effect on her, she's still smiling.
They had a great little waiting area with tons of toys to keep Brinley distracted. Taber was able to come too and I'm SOOOO glad because one of us had to hold her when they put her to sleep and just hearing them describe it made me get all emotional. So Taber was the brave one who went back and held her.
The surgery went so fast. We were watching the progress on the screen in the waiting room and from start to finish I think it took around 12 minutes. The Doctor came out to give us an update. He said he was so glad we did this because when he went in there her ears were full of fluid and pus. He gave us some instructions and then we just had to wait till she woke up before we could come back and see her again.
She was really groggy and a little bit fussy when we first saw her. We calmed her down with her trusty old bottle.
After her bottle I rocked her till she fell asleep and she slept for over an hour on my shoulder. When she woke up we were discharged and she slept again for another hour in the car.
When we got home she was still kind of out of it for an hour or so but it wasn't long before she was laughing and smiling and climbing her way into all kinds of mischief. We're so happy that everything went well and hope that now she can finally have some relief from all those awful ear infections!
They had a great little waiting area with tons of toys to keep Brinley distracted. Taber was able to come too and I'm SOOOO glad because one of us had to hold her when they put her to sleep and just hearing them describe it made me get all emotional. So Taber was the brave one who went back and held her.
The surgery went so fast. We were watching the progress on the screen in the waiting room and from start to finish I think it took around 12 minutes. The Doctor came out to give us an update. He said he was so glad we did this because when he went in there her ears were full of fluid and pus. He gave us some instructions and then we just had to wait till she woke up before we could come back and see her again.
She was really groggy and a little bit fussy when we first saw her. We calmed her down with her trusty old bottle.
After her bottle I rocked her till she fell asleep and she slept for over an hour on my shoulder. When she woke up we were discharged and she slept again for another hour in the car.
When we got home she was still kind of out of it for an hour or so but it wasn't long before she was laughing and smiling and climbing her way into all kinds of mischief. We're so happy that everything went well and hope that now she can finally have some relief from all those awful ear infections!
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Oh I'm so glad it all went well and she had a super fast recovery. Hopefully she'll finally have some relief. She is so stinkin cute in those hospital jammies! That first pic looks exactly like you when you were little. Yes, I can vaguely remember!
One of those pics, closeup, reminded me of mom too!
Glad everything went well!
She is so adorable in her little hospital pajamas! I am glad everything went well!
I am so glad that she is feeling so good. It is amazing how fast little ones can bounce back! She looks like she was into mischief quite fast.
Aaw, she is adorable. what a little trooper! Why did she have to have the procedure? Sounds scary. Was it serious? I'm glad to see shes back to being smiley and happy. What a cutie pie!!
adorable in the jammies and footies! She's such a cute girl.
So glad it went well.
She's such a stinkin' cutie. I can't believe what a good kid she is. I'm so glad that all went well and I, too, hope she will finally be rid of those blasted infections.
What a trooper Brinley is! I love how smiley and cheerful she is in the before pics, even without eating. I'm glad Taber was there with you to go back and hold her - when Tristan was one he got bitten in the face by a dog and had to get stitches, and I couldn't even be near the room because I was crying too much. Thank goodness for brave dads. And also for tubes in ears to bring relief from ear infections!
Aww Im happy it went well! No more ear infections yay!
I am so glad that it went well! I really hope that it helps, which I am sure it will. Such a good sport about not eating! Way to go Brinley.
Yeah for tubes! We are so excited to get them for Noa. Hope everything goes as smooth as your experience. Brinley is so sweet. I miss the lil butterball!
I'm so happy everything went off smoothly! You are going to love having a ear infection free baby!!
She is so precious, Becca!
Yay! I'm glad it went well! She is so adorable.
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