Aliza's Surgery Day

We are so relieved today to have made it through Aliza's surgery.  We are so grateful that everything went well and our little one is feeling better today.  For those of you who were asking questions, Aliza had a small surgery to remove a  epigastric hernia.  It really wasn't a huge deal but to all the moms out there you know that whenever it's your child it's a big deal.  I didn't realize how stressed I was about it and how obvious it was until after the surgery.  Micah and I were laughing last night about all the phone calls making sure I was okay.  When we got to Primary Children's Monday morning Aliza of course was very hungry.  An hour later when they finally called us back to prep her for the surgery I think she could tell something was up because she just screamed.  They had to give her a quick acting sedative before they even took her back to the OR.  We had to leave her screaming which didn't help the situation.

This is Aliza one minute before the next picture.

Is that fast working stuff or what?  That sedative kicked in so fast.  The poor little thing.  When we were in the waiting room Aliza became very attached with this Elmo coloring book.  We couldn't get it away from her.  Needless to say when she came to her first word was Elmo.  That tells you where we stand.  We even had to bring it home with us.  I promise we will replace it when we go back next week for her follow up appointment.

In the recovery room all of the nurses were laughing at her relaxed pose.  She kept putting her hand behind her head like she was sitting on the beach.  They had to keep her other hand covered because she wanted to rip out her IV whenever she got a glimpse at it.

We made it through and are so grateful that we have healthy children.  After being in the hospital for pretty much the whole day it sure makes you think about how lucky we are to be healthy and well.  Aliza is doing amazingly well today.  In fact I expected her to just want to sit around all day taking it easy, but no way.  She has been running around trying to keep up with her sisters.  Every once in a while she will stop and say "owie," but it's not slowing her down much at all.  We are glad to have this all behind us.