Heart Cath

Payton has weathered another procedure wonderfully. Since my sister Melissa did such a wonderful job with the details I don't have anything else to add. Payton had no clue what she was in for... she was just so glad to have Daddy there with us! And I was so glad that Donald's boss gave him the day off!
Below was after Payton had the 'Happy Juice' & she was able to start relaxing. They let her keep her blanket & her baby & she was so funny. We walked with them down to the Cath Lab & some nurses came out to meet us. They were telling her how cute her hair was & all she wanted to do was show them her baby & have them kiss her baby. They said that she 'chatted' with them about her baby until she was put under anesthesia.
They went in & decided not to do anything work & just took the pre-surgery pictures & readings. The work they would have done would be better taken care of during surgery so they didn't want to do anything that would keep her in the hospital longer... hey & I'm all for that.
She was so agitated for what seemed like forever & then Donald picked her up & she was asleep instantly. You can see above that her baby's legs where a pillow for a little while (the body is the only soft part of the baby). She was able to sleep for about 1 1/2 hours.
When she woke up she was a completely different girl. She was happy & told some of the nurses, 'My Happy' when they came up. Talk about 180 degree turn. I was just glad that she was in a better mood. It is always good to see people we know. One of the Nurse Practioners stopped by & a member of our ward, Annie Koop was the nurse for a child 2 beds away so we got to chat with her a couple of times.
She did have nausea from the anesthesia for a while. The first meal she kept down was at 4:45p which was perfect because we knew her stomach was settled before she went to bed at 8:30p.
Here she is happy & at home. I ended up taking a nap just in case she has a bad night. I'm optimistic, well at least slightly!
She has a pressure dressing on her neck & in her right groin. Those have to stay on until tomorrow afternoon & then she'll need a band aid for another 24 hours on the groin site. She has a little bit of bruising but not too bad. The skin around her left eye is irritated, probably from tape, it looks like she got sucker punched or something.

So the surgery will be sometime in Novemeber. Dr. Adhoot would like to see it happen in the 1st 2 weeks but we'll see when she can get on the schedule. We are just SO HAPPY to be home & so glad that Payton is doing well.

Thanks for your thoughts & prayers!