Here is Quinn's throat. You can see her vocal cords, which look beautiful, and the white thing in the picture is her trach, so there you go, she is beautiful inside and out.
Well we just watched Quinn get rolled away to surgery. You would think this would start to feel usual for us, but it doesn't. Granted I know the procedure. A call a couple days ahead of time to talk about Quinn, her meds, the procedure and so on. Then a call to follow up on insurance and paperwork. Then getting to Children's Hospital at 5:45 in the morning. Before that we have to do meds at home at 4:00 in the morning, and then load up in the car.
Once we get to Children's we check in in the lobby, and they have their act together, because we have already done most of the paperwork, it's pretty simple. We go back to a CARES room. I know the letters stand for something but I don't know what for sure. Basically there are lots of rooms where we get all checked out with blood pressures, go over meds again, talk about Quinn's history, which is a longer talk! We talk to nurses, Care partners, doctors, and this time we talked to Tracy's (our Media Specialist at Zeman) sister, who is in charge of making sure kids feel spoiled rotten and comfortable.
We then got to relax for a bit, then we talked to the anesthesiologist, and I think I always kind of freak them out, because anesthesia is what got us into some of the trouble we have. After talking to her, I ended up talking to a couple more anestesiologists, and I appreciate how involved they are, and we ended up getting two for one on anestesiologists in with Quinn for her surgery.
I get all teary every time I see her go into surgery. No matter if it's a "big" or "small" surgery, they all are a big deal for us. So after I got myself put back together, and saw Quinn off, Grandma Martha and I went to have a bit of breakfast in the Children's cafateria. After we got back to the waiting area, not more then 10 minutes (about an hour total) went by and Dr. Sewell was walking out to see us. Wow, that was fast. He said Quinn could not have looked better. Everything went well, and she looked perfect, so we don't have to worry about any scar tissue or anything. Whew, I love to hear that. So now we are hanging out waiting for her to get out of recovery, then up to room 503 to wait and see how the anesthesia wears off, and we might just get to go home this evening!
I thank God for the wonderful surgery and continue to pray that the rest of the day goes as good as this first part has.
I think everyone should come and sit in the Children's hospital lobby. Sip on some hot tea and listen to the water running down the water feature. More then that, you can watch. Watch the parents who are just as nervous as I am when Quinn is in surgery, some parents are here for months at a time while others are new to this experience and have the butterflies like crazy. Most important, you can see the kids. Kids in all kinds of contraptions. Walking in super cool boots, chairs of all shapes and sizes. Kids who look all types of different ways, and then as you look closer, tubes of all colors and hooked into all kinds of machines. Keep looking a bit closer yet and see the smiles, see the love, see the passion, see the determination. It's an unbelievable place, and every time I have time to sit, think and watch, I am amazed and inspired. What a magical place this is!
Update: We are out of recovery and hanging out in the room, and just get to relax and rest, Quinn is doing great! Smiling, and jabbering, and looking beautiful! I'm so thankful she is doing so well!
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