Brave

Today was the day Emma finally had her adenoids removed and tubes placed in her ears. She was so brave and, I think, almost looked forward to it. We had prepared her quite a bit and talked about how the morning and procedure would work, but when I told her she could pick out two boxes of any popsicle that she wanted, and could have as many as she wanted (on the couch), for a few days...all the other details became inconsequential.

Dr. Kosta was amazing as was the entire staff at the surgical center - we are so grateful for all of them. It turns out that Emma needed the surgery pretty badly as her adenoids were "huge" and both of her ears had lots of "thick fluid" in them (yuck!). She had a bit of a rough time coming out of the anesthesia which was sad to see, but eventually (after a little shot of morphine) she calmed down.

We are so glad it's all done and look forward to her feeling better in seasons to come!

Checking in

No nerves, time for a little play before being called back to pre-op

Cute kid, cute gown

Mom loved seeing the smiles

Joel + Emma dressed in gown gear. Joel got to go back to the
surgery room to be with Emma as she went to "sleep"

a post-op, tired little girl

sort of ready to go home...at least we're dressed

first popsicle (of many) w/ cousin Nathan and Grandma Hondorp