Ella had her ear surgery this morning....the medical term was......excise left pre tragal auricular remnant...which means that she had her ear tag removed that she was born with. I was really worried that we would have a rough morning considering that the last time I could feed her was at 2:30 am, but since she sleeps through the night I had to set my alarm for 1:30am and feed her. I think she was still sleeping when I feed her.....she is such a sound sleeper at night that nothing will wake her. Then from 2:30-6:30am she could have water or pedialyte. We got up at 6 and we mixed the water and pedialyte, which she really liked. We made it from 6am to the start of her surgery and then into the recovery room without a melt down. Yes, Ella made it without crying however I did not. As soon as Tim and I had to leave the room I lost it. Big shocker on that one. Ella did great and Dr. Jensen said that it went very well and we have a follow up appointment next week. We are anxious to see what it looks like under that band-aid.
Here is a picture of Ella in her hospital gown.....this is one of my favorite pictures.
Here is her before picture
This is when we came into the recovery room and I was able to feed her. They said that most babies don't take coming out of the anesthetic very well and Ella was one crabby baby. We got through half the bottle and she let out the loudest burps I have every heard from anyone and then threw up all over my top. It went all down my shirt. Oh well....she felt so much better, then she fell asleep and woke up with a smile.
This is where her IV went in and her pulse and oxygen rate was monitored
After she puked on mom, she fell asleep on Dad.
Here is her after picture.
Have a good night
Love Stef and Ella
