This picture was taken right after she had been given her silly juice in preparation for her surgery. Once the juice kicked in she tried hard to do anything she could to stand up. At one point she had become such dead weight I had to have Jason take her from my because I couldn't hold her any longer. The funniest memory was when she stood up her incredibly over sized pants came flying down to her ankles. You would think in a children's hospital they would have sizes that fit children a little bit smaller than most.
All and all the surgery went well and the hospital stay was fine. Their were a few moments that she will not remember but her mommy and daddy will. After she was moved to her room she ended up falling asleep. While out she touched the wires on the side of her head and whimpered the words "why?!?" Absolutely broke my heart. It is ridiculously hard for a little one to understand why they are going through this. It is just as hard for a parent to have to try and explain it especially since they would trade places with their child in a heart beat.
The other one was the day we were being discharged. The sounds that came out of this poor child's mouth and the things she yelled would make any parent fall to their knees in tears. She was in another room when the removed the monitor as well as tape and IV. We could hear her coming to the entrance of the wing. Definitely a moment that will stay with me for a long time to come. Afterwards, she was rewarded by child life with two brand new Barbie dolls of her choice. Thankfully, that is the part she remembers :).
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