Surgery

Talulah goes for her very first ever surgery tomorrow. In the medical world it's a very common, very simple surgery to drain the fluid out of her right ear and insert an ear tube so more fluid won't build up.

It's pretty easy to say that from a medical point of view... But from a Mommy's point of view? Well, from a Mommy's point of view it's pretty freakin' scary no matter how common/simple it's supposed to be.

I've known about the surgery for about a month and, although it was stressful to make the decision to have it done, I felt like I had educated myself and was comfortable with the decision. Donovan and I didn't take it lightly, we did our research and talked to people who had experiences with ear tubes and talked with each other. We made a good decision based on the knowledge we had, I have no doubt about that.

I was pretty calm and thought I had it all together. But this whole week has been a gong show. I'm nervous. REALLY nervous. And also really stressed. I know it'll be fine, but that's my baby girl! Well, OUR baby girl... I know Donovan feels the same way.

Talulah loves the Children's Hospital. LOVES it. Whenever we go for appointments, as soon as the hospital is in view she squeals and kicks her feet and gets so excited! She'll either cry out, "Can we go there Mommy? Pease? Pease?" or, like the last time, "My city! Mommy, can we go to my city?" when I reply with a yes, she thanks me profusely, "Yank you Mommy! Yank you!"

She loves the wavy benches, she loves to look out the windows and touch the stained glass wall. She loves the play area at each waiting point. She loves the stickers and all of the friendly people. She loves stopping in the coffee shop for a treat on the way out and she loves making echos in the parkade.

It's pretty adorable how excited she gets when we go. I really hope things go SUPER smoothly and Talulah is safe, happy and comfortable. And......... I really hope nothing happens that ruins the hospital for her. I love that she loves going to the doctor, hospital, family doctor, whatever. I love that she's not scared of it and I don't want that to change.

Above everything else... I want everything to be as simple as the doctors and nurses say it's going to be. I want Talulah to wake up as happy as my cousin Sam did when she got ear tubes.

Gah... Anyway, I'm rambling. So, send all your good thoughts Talulah's way tomorrow!