Friday was a big day for Kella. She had surgery to fix her clogged tear duct in her left eye. This duct had been giving us problems on and off since she was born. Some mornings she would wake up and her eye would be totally matted shut. We would call her our little pirate. We got referred to an awesome doctor, Dr. Neely, and got her signed up for surgery. It's kind a cool fix-under anesthesia, the doctor uses a blunt tip needle and threads it through the tear duct to puncture a membrane in the nasal cavity that should have, at one time, punctured on its own. That is followed by a thin, hollow, flexible tube (think-hollow rubberband) through Kella's tear duct. This tube hopefully stays in place for a few months, and in December, he will remove it in the office. The littlest surgical cases for the day go first, since they can't eat of drink anything after midnight, blah, blah, blah. Our check-in time was 630 am (a little too early for this night person, Kella too, likes to sleep in).
In the car and on our way!
Hanging out in pre-op! By then, she was tired and ready to eat. Everything moved fairly quickly and she was carried away by the nurse (and cried all of 2 seconds)
Surgery went great! She was a little disoriented coming out of anesthesia and they called me back as soon as she woke up. I got her changed and ready to go so she could go home and tell all her brothers about what just happened.
She was a little happier once we were in the car and had some juice and cheerios on board. Then at home, she had some milk and more breakfast. The area around her eye was red for most of the day, but it's looking good now. So happy to not have a pirate anymore, but my little girl!
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