Third Time's a Charm?

Today we embarked on our last trek to the hospital for Genevieve's third and final surgery. We overslept, but by shear luck, we made it to the hospital on time. It was an early morning starting at 4:15 am when I realized that I felt like I had been sleeping too long. Sure enough the alarm didn't go off, and we were already 15 mins behind where we wanted to be.

We made it to the hospital before Outpatient Surgery opened, and we were first in line to go. Genevieve was scheduled number 1 this morning, so we didn't have to get there a whole 2 hours ahead of time like you normally do. We only had to be there for an hour before. We got all the paperwork done, got back to holding, and went through the same conversation with about 5 different doctors. About 7:15 the surgery nurse came back and we all went down the hall.

We were lucky because that nurse was the same nurse who was there for the first surgery. Genevieve likes men, and that helped. It also helped that there was a Sponge Bob on his hat :p She did great heading to surgery and waved and said bye bye to us as she rounded the corner.

Surgery didn't last that long. She was only in for Deflux on one side this time. I think we were called back at about 7:40 to go visit with the doctor after surgery. He informed us that all had went well, and we would need to come back for an ultrasound in a month or so. We talked about our pending move, and he did tell me he had an office close to where we were headed. I told him it may take several weeks to get a new doctor for her and to get a referral going, but we'd get there. He then let me know to just call his nurse, and he'd do it without it and not charge us for it. I am so thankful to him for this, and I am blessed that he is willing to do that for us.

We were then called back to recovery. Her Lovey was laying beside her, sippy cup in her mouth, and she was hugging the glove turned balloon. She was pretty out of it, but was doing good. She was then admitted to Step Down about 30 mins later. By that time she was fully awake and doing great. The nurse there just filled out the discharge paperwork and sent us home. We were in the hospital for a total of 3 1/2 hours. Not too bad.

Anyway, we are all home and doing well. Mom and Dad are very tired, but we are all fine. Thank you to everyone who has followed this story and thought and prayed for us over the past 2 years. It really means a lot to us.