Step One

Hi Torrie~!

Today was your pre-op appt with the hospital for your bronco scope/adnoidectomy/Eustachian tubes (which all of those are spelt wrong) and it went well, you were 27.3 pounds and 34 inches long!!!!! You will be soon out-passing my 62 inch mark! infact you are basically half of my height. what a scary thought!


so anyway- first we met with the anesthesia nurse- she was really nice. Daddy kept asking her questions UNRELATED to your surgery like about pizza and sleeping thru the night. Mommy listened intently to all the details and answered all the questions that were important.

Then we met with your advocate for the surgery- its basically a girl or guy who speaks on your behalf during the surgery when mommy and daddy cant be their who knows what mommy and daddy do and do not want to happen under certain circumstances. I think thats a good thing. Also, you liked her because she had some great stickers for you!

Then finally we met the anesthesiologist who told us all about how shes going to make you act like a "drunk sailor" (these are her words by the way) then they will lay you on the table and make you laugh a little bit and you will be sleeping for a couple hours.

AND THEN THE BAD NEWS. after your surgery theyre going to come talk to us blah blah blah. then mom and dad get to come SIT NEXT TO YOU! without touching or talking to you!!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT B*** S*** i cant I will need to squeeze and hold you/ I understood that i would scare you and make you have like a panic attack in your sleep but still. moms need to comfort their babies.

we left and I was upset, all the stress of this I had been holding back came flooding out in tears. seriously I balled my eyes out on the elevator when I got off a bunch of giddy nurses were staring at me like I just found out someone died.

Everyone said you were cute tho, but that happens everyday.

so basically this was step one, you have been cleared for surgery and I cant wait until this is just done and over with.

Tuesday's the day!

Love
MOM.