I on the other hand was fully aware of what was happening and spent the night before and morning of feeling anxious and sick.
Rudi had organised the day off of work so he could be around and take Ocea to Pre-school and meet me in there.
Haper and I arrived at Westmead at 7am she was admitted and then we waited until a Nurse came and got us, asked us a bunch of questions, and then told us the anethsitist and doctor would come and talk to us soon. They came in pretty quickly and told me what was going to happen, and let me know that I was going to be able to go in the room when Harper was put to sleep for surgery.
Pretty much as soon as they left the nurse was back in to put a gown and cap on me and then to take Harps in :(. It's hard to explain the feelings that you have as your walking your just turned one year old to be put under a general anaesthetic.
We got to the room where there was a little bed waiting for her, the surgeon came in and explained that he was going to be taking an extra bone out of Harpers thumb which had formed, stitching the bone together, putting a wire in and fixing the ligaments, to then put a cast on for five weeks and remove the wire then too, While he was explaining this, I couldn't help but get teary. I then laid my little girl down and the anethitist put the mask on her and she slowly fell asleep. This was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. i walked out feeling a little silly for being so upset as I know what Harper was having done was so minor in comparison to what other little kids get done. The Nurses were lovely, and chatted to me and tried to reassure me that all would be ok.
While in the Surgery waiting room, Rudi arrived. Harper was in Surgery for an hour and a half and came out awake, which was so sad she was sooooooo upset and beside herself I had never seen her like this before and gave the anethitist holding her a big hit on the head with her cast. I quickly held her and tried to calm her down, it was like she was awake but not, it was weird and scary. She knocked the lid off her lttle needle tubey thingy?? off twice and there was blood everywhere, the poor little girl didn't settle for about half an hour and then once she did, she slept for about and hour.
When she woke up later she was a lot happier, which I was grateful for. because this kid seriously never cries! so it was heart breaking.
Rudi and I kept commenting on how it totally didn't look like her. I even had to check her tags just to double check it was her!! she just looked bigger everywhere, especially her face!
When we were able to leave and got home Harper didn't have a care in the world. It was like she had no idea of the traumatic (for me anyway) situation she had just gone through!! She was crawling around on the ground banging her little 'Bommy Knocker every where on our hard wood floors!
This little girl is one tough cookie!!
Before the op at 1 week old
Night before
Our poor little girl after Surgery not looking herself :(
Our Happy girl the next day with her new 'weapon'!
