Birthday and surgery...what a week!

What an eventful week we've had here at our house! I had a wonderful birthday thanks to David and the girls. Thanks everyone for the emails, notes and calls. We went out with the girls to dinner that night to one of our favorites-Red Robin. David and I went to a concert the next night (thanks to Kara and Scott for babysitting:). We thought we'd try something new and David got us tickets for a girls acapella group that are BYU students. Vocal Point (a national champion male group from BYU) opened for the girls group called Noteworthy. Noteworthy was good, but it was definitely different than hearing a male group like Vocal Point. It was a fun night out...thanks Hon!

Today we started our morning by dropping Tayah off at the neighbor's house and going to the hospital with Kadence so she could have surgery. It was an outpatient surgery at UVRMC for her umbilical hernia that hadn't healed up. She was quite the trooper through the whole thing. We forgot the camera, but David was able to get a few pictures on his phone, so we'll have to transfer them over to the computer. She was really patient while they got her vitals, and then really liked the "pajamas" she got to put on for the surgery. They gave her a simple cloth doll that had a hospital gown and she got to draw a face, hair, a watch, a belly button, and a bracelet on the ankle-just like the medical one they put on Kadence. They also had a paper bag puppet for her to glue pieces on and color. That kept her busy until the surgeon and anesthesiologist (sp?) came and met with us. After that it all happened pretty fast. A nurse came and gave us a few last minute instructions, and David put her on the bed, and she held on tight to her new doll since she could take that with her to the operating room. Then they wheeled her away and she never looked back! David and I ran up to the cafeteria to grab some 10 a.m. breakfast since we didn't want to eat in front of her this morning. Before we new it, we were back in the waiting room and the doctor came out to let us know that everything went perfectly and they'd call us when we could go back and see her.

They called us back a few minutes later and took us to a room where we waited for her to wake up a little more before they could bring her to us. When she came in, she was groggy, crying, and didn't really know who we were. In fact, she wouldn't even look at us for about 20 minutes or so, but she would look at the nurse and answered a few of her questions. They told us that was normal that kids cry "for no reason" after coming out of the anesthesia because they don't understand what they're feeling. She finally snapped out of it and answered our questions and finally said she wanted to eat a purple popsicle and drink some apple juice.

Kadence has been a trooper. Once we got home, she just laid on the couch and we told her we could just watch movies today. She has been pretty happy the whole afternoon except for when we have to help her to the bathroom or when the Tylenol is wearing off. It only seems to be uncomfortable for her when she moves. She's tucked up in bed tonight, so we'll see how the night goes and tomorrow.