Recovery

Camden did great in her minor surgery. The nurse who prepped her was absolutely fantastic. The front desk gave her a small bear when we arrived and the nurse used it to do small things on before she did it to Camden.

For example, she put the thermometer in the bear's ear first (and mommies too) and she had the bear try the mask (and daddy too) before Camden did. By the time it was time to take her back to the operating room, she willingly left my arms for the nurses.

We only waited about 25 minutes before they came and got us because she was already waking up. The nurse said she gets the prize for the best "coming out of anesthesia" award for any patient she's had in the last 10 years. The anesthesiologist (or however you spell it) also walked by and said, "now that's a picture perfect wake-up." Apparently she woke up quickly, smiled at everyone, sat up and started jabbering coherantly.

She played with her tongue for the next 1/2 hour not quite sure what to think because it felt a little different, but after that was perfectly normal the rest of the day. We went shopping, took a nap, played outside, etc. The only not normal mode was she could only have "liquids" yesterday (a day of only ice cream, yogurt, and pudding...what's not to like?) and is on soft foods (eggs, bananas, cottage cheese) today.

We also immediately noticed that the split was gone, she can push her tongue out almost to her chin, and some of her speech is clearer. I doubt many would realize the difference in her speech though, because everyone's so amazed at her clarity and complete sentences. The nurses even remarked that for a child who just turned 2, she talks more fully than her 4 year old grandbaby.

We are so thankful that it truly was a minor, uncomplicated and successful procedure. Yea Camden!