My wonderful sister came up Tuesday night so she could be on Wesley duty. Nick, Norah, and I were out the door before 5. Luckily for Norah, she slept most of the 2+ hour drive. She was ready to go when we got there.
We waited in the OR waiting room for 20 min or so and then went to her Pre-Op check in and did all the vitals and got her dressed in her gown. She was supposed to go in at 9, but we didn't see her surgeon, the resident, or the anesthesiologist until past 9. g
She was much calmer than she was last time. We spent lots of time talking about how we were just there for the day and she didn't have to stay. I got to take her back to the OR in the scrubs and all that sterile fun stuff. After they took her, Nick and I went for breakfast.... well, I found a mocha (they have the best ones, seriously... awful food- great mochas) and Nick found a cookie and a mt dew and we went to the waiting room. We had been sitting maybe 2 minutes and Dr. Storm was there to talk. He was only in the OR for 6 minutes vs 3 hours last time. A little less intense this time around. :)
Everything went well and he said everything looked like it was healing well from what they could see with the scope. We will go back in 6 weeks (Nov 30) for a renal u/s and a urine test and post op check up.
We went back to the waiting room for another 20 or 30 min and then down to 1st stage recovery. Norah had woken up but she was super upset, so they sedated her again. When we got there she was out and didn't stir for over an hour. Girl was tired from the early wake up!
When she was up and ate part of a popsicle, we took her to second stage recovery and she ate a bit, the took out the IV and we were on our way around 2. It was a long day but good to get the stents out.
I stayed home with her Thursday morning and Nick Thursday afternoon, and she was back to daycare Friday.
We spent the afternoon at the doctor the week before because she was holding her pee and only going twice a day. We had her 3 year check Monday and not much had improved. I will cover her 3 year check in another post another day....
Taking her off the spasm meds and getting the stents out as helped, but she is still recovering and trying to get back to normal. She is still having some pain when she pees and not going as frequently as we want. We are hoping that is resolved by Friday or we will start a new med for that. The urology nurses and receptionists know me all to well from the number of times I have called.
On a related note, unfortunately, her bandage from the IV gave her a blister. She picked the blister and after worrying it was infected, we were back at McFarland today (speaking of the receptionists knowing me all too well...). We have an ointment and that should be good as new in a week.
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