Brave Penny

This morning we woke up like most mornings - Penny hollering MOM- I go in her room and the first thing she asks for is a waffle, but instead of being able to make that waffle (in the toaster) I had to tell her no -we have to wait till you get your ears fixed. This was a little upsetting to her cause well she is use to getting things her "way". She was not allowed to eat this morning because we where headed to the surgery center to put a tube in her right ear (3rd time) and take out her adenoids. We dropped Sam off with Nana and got to the surgery center at 7:00 only to wait, wait, and wait.Check out my cute green hospital gown.

She did really well waiting the hour and a half before they took her back. We played with her new, pink puppy (Nana gave her), we combed Dora's hair, she took lots of pictures with my camera, but my favorite part was just when she sat in my lap. Around 8:30 Dr. Light and his nurse came and got her - she just went with the nurse without saying a word- no crying no nothing- not even a look back which makes it so much easier for me. Within 30 minutes Dr. Light was out telling me how well she did. He was laughing about how "big" her tonsils are and that as soon as she reaches 40 lbs. that those will come out (4o lbs. have you seen Penny lately, it might be 5th grade before she reaches 40 lbs- we are 2 months away from being 3 and we only weigh 24 lbs. with a wet diaper and clothes on).

They brought her back out to me around 9:15 - she was not crying but very wide eyed and seemed very scared -nurse told me as soon as she opened her eyes that she asked for "her mommy". It seemed like no time at all that she was asking for her pop tart that we brought with us from home. She was very groggy but would not turn lose of it, she would take a bit and then fall back asleep. She did this for about 30 minutes until the nurse came in to take out her IV. She had not even noticed that on her hand- her eyes got really big when the nurse started taking all that tape off -OUCH! We said "Penny has a boo-boo just like Papa". When we left the surgery center we headed home and she slept pretty much the whole day. She did great.