I don't wanna do that ever EVER again...

Oh man, I got exactly 1.5 hours of sleep last night. I couldn't get to sleep, and finally passed out last night around 4am. Jamie comes in at 4:30 whining that his sippy cup is out of ice (What?), I couldn't move so I told him if he didn't stop it he wasn't going to his friend's house today. LOL! Evil mommy, but he ended up sleeping with me and letting me go back to sleep. Anyway, we got up at 6am, got ourselves dressed, Jamie fed, dressed and took him next door (seriously, my neighbor rocks!!)... then we woke up Cassie. We left her in her PJs because we didn't feel like dealing with it.

We leave here at 7am and arrive at the hospital at 7:35am. The Children's Hospital of Austin is AWESOME, don't get me wrong, but dude... the waiting sucks when you have a little one and anxious parents. We sat in the main waiting room for an hour, then they took us back and we sat in that room for over an hour (Cassie got to watch and entire Barbie movie). About 300 people come by asking questions and wanting my signature. Cassie was really getting whiney because she hadn't had anything to drink or eat since before bed last night... she's my drinker, she drinks a LOT on average. So, she was getting a little pissy about the whole thing.

I finally went and found a car and let her play with it in the little room and told her she was going to get to take it for a long ride when they came to get her. Finally they show up and she rides a little trike, following the nurse, didn't look back, but Tom and I kind of hid just in case so she wouldn't realize we weren't coming too - and no, I didn't cry, but I sure felt like it! Then back to the main waiting area for about 35 minutes, they call us again to talk to the surgeon. She repaired the hernia on the right side and used one of those cameras to look at the left and that side was fine, so hopefully this is it. Then back to the main waiting area for another 15 minutes, then one of us could go back (sorry, Tom). She was sitting up in bed not exactly smiling, but not even upset. She was a little drugged out and after a few minutes started to get anxious because there was a kid a few curtains down that was really having a hard time and completely melting down (the kid was probably 6 or 7). So the nurse decided quickly that she was well enough to go back to the main holding area... off we go, her with a popsicle and a big cup of apple juice. She ate that popsicle in record time, got another one and then got a little upset and wanted me to pick her up once we got into the new room. I picked her up and noticed she didn't have on a pull up anymore right about the time Tom came in, so we got a new one on her (poor baby was a little sore). Anyway, we hung around there for another hour, she had yet another popsicle and another cup of juice... she was still saying she was hungry and begging for a McDonald's burger, so that's what she got. We grabbed Jamie from next door.

She has a little dressing (the doctor cut the sterile pad into a heart... LOL!) that has to stay on for a week. No baths or swimming for 2 weeks, she can have quick showers or sponge baths. Good thing I kept forgetting to sign up for swimming lessons!

Cassie was a trooper. When we got home, she kept wanting to walk, but they did a codder(?) - basically kind of like an epidural to help with the initial pain management. So while she could feel her legs, they weren't exactly all that sturdy. She kept trying and we kept grabbing her and enticing her to sit still for a while longer. She finally got really tired and we had to fight her a bit to get her to go to sleep - like I told Tom, the last nap she took, she woke up in a strange place, not able to feel her legs, and an ouchie on her side. Well, Duh! I wouldn't wanna go to sleep ever again myself! LOL.

Anyway, she's sleeping now. I have a huge headache. Tom and Jamie are watching Wallace and Grommet.

I'm told she'll be a little more like normal tomorrow and should be fine by Monday, but not to let her do any gymnastics or anything like that. (Good luck!) We are alternating Tylenol with Codeine and regular Tylenol for today and part of tomorrow and then we'll see how she's feeling.

I'm just glad it's over. REALLY glad they were able to do everything pretty quickly, I can't imagine dealing with the anxiety for weeks. Yikes. I'm so no cut out for that part!