Natalie's surgery

Natalie had surgery yesterday at Newton Wellesley Hospital to have tubes put in her ears again and to have her adenoids removed.  Everyone declared her their favorite patient because she was so cute and funny with the doctors and nurses.  And so agreeable!  (Wait, really???)  They gave her some Tylenol and she took it without complaining and even with a smile on her face.  She played quietly and said funny things before the surgery.  And Todd said she went under very easily.  Then, after surgery...  she woke up.  And she was not happy.  She screamed and cried, and woke up even worse than she had the last time she had tubes put in.  Because she had the adenoids removed, they put an IV in her (after she went under with the anesthesia) and so when she woke up, she did not care for that.  She kept saying, "I don't want this bandaid anymore!"  They had to wait for the IV bag to empty before they could take it out.  They called it the hospitals version of Gatorade.  In the meantime, she got some apple juice and got to eat two red popsicles.  Todd said afterwards that she looked like The Joker, ha ha.  When Todd went to get the car, she started complaining that her tummy hurt.  She let out THE biggest burp ever in the hospital.  I mean, so loud and long that it brought other doctors and nurses over to see what had just happened.  I was holding her and I was sure she was going to throw up.  But did that make her belly feel better? Not really. 

Finally we got to go home.  She was just worn out.  She laid on the couch for a bit.  Todd made her some lunch- some Elmo noodles, but she didn't even want any of that.  She just asked to go to bed.  So Todd took her upstairs and she crashed for about 2 and a half hours.  When she woke up, she ate the rest of her Elmo noodles, a popsicle and some ice cream!  Plus the rest of her apple juice and milk. 

This morning she was her usual self, but really hates having the drops put in her ears that prevent infection.  She thinks they feel weird and funny, so she doesn't care for that at all.  Hopefully this is the LAST surgery we have this year.  So far we've had THREE, and it's not even March yet!!!!