Surgery

Hailey had surgery today.  She did wonderful!  We had to be at the hospital for 7:45am.  We told all of them in advance what the plan was.  We were having a 'special' day with Hailey while Hannah & Emily had some special time with Grandma.  We dropped Hannah & Emily off to Pete's parents at 7:15 and headed off with Hailey. 

She was a trooper!  She had the cartilage on her neck removed (this was originally thought to be a skin tag but turned out not to be) and she had the nevus sebaceous on the back of her scalp removed.  I was able to go into the OR with her and be with her until she was asleep.  They put her to sleep with a mask before putting her IV in so that was great in itself.  Once she was in the recovery room we were allowed back in to be her while she finished waking up and got ready to come home. 

The ONLY time she cried was when they took the EKG leads off of her and took out her IV.  That was it!  For the rest of the time she was very cooperative and although she was apprehensive (and asked to go home before the surgery) she was a trooper.  We got her home and she wanted to EAT.   And eat she did.  She ate a whole grilled cheese sandwich (her request) and 1/2 bag of Cheetos. 

Hannah & Emily are staying the night at Pete's parents and we are going to spend some real extra time with Hailey tomorrow.  She seems to be dealing with this fine.  She hasn't complained at all and actually seems to be soaking up the extra time she's getting.