On Monday as I was driving home from work I saw three carnival vehicles parked at a shopping center. It's been almost four years since the carnival has been to our town so I assumed these guys were grabbing some food; passing through. On Tuesday as I was driving home from work there were more trucks, a few vendor booths, and the Ferris Wheel had been set up. Now why is this important you ask? Well, it's not really that important. We just really love carnivals! The music that's played, the food you get to try out, and most importantly the rides. It all makes for a pretty good time in a very small town. So that's how we spent our Wednesday afternoon.
Tomorrow the little will go in for her first surgery. On Wednesday night when we were snuggled up on the couch after all of the excitement from the day had worn off she
turned to me, and asked what would happen if she didn't wake up after surgery? Apparently someone has
told her that she'll be "put to sleep" and then "be cut open". I tried to reassure her
that everything would be okay. I let her know that she wasn't being cut open the way that she thought, and that she
wouldn't even feel a thing because she'd be asleep the whole time. I told her that once it was all over I'd be
there when she woke up, and soon afterwards we'd come home. However, even with that reassurance she still ended up crying. And I won't say that I haven't been stressed over this myself. I've been extremely nervous about it since we scheduled the procedure.
I know she's in good hands, and it's a great hospital. It will be a
minimally invasive surgery since they'll be going in through her belly
button. It shouldn't take more than an hour, and she'll be released to go home
that evening. It's still nerve wracking to me because I can't be there with her the entire time. I can't hold her hand through it. I've also never had to be put under before so I have no idea what's in store for her. I've been told this is pretty normal for parents to freak out a bit before their child's surgery. Regardless of how small it is so that's comforting in a way. We've been letting her do as much running around as she wants this week because we were told she probably wouldn't feel like doing much for about five days post surgery.
The only hiccups we've had are in regards to financial assistance for this surgery. This is my first time ever having to do this, but since our employer stopped providing/offering family insurance we've had to do without. I've paid for everything out of pocket, and my parents have helped with medicine here and there. The truth of the matter is that we/I can't afford to get insurance. And we don't qualify for CHIPS or Medicaid. So this will all be self paid, and if you've ever seen these bills you know it can be daunting. Other than that everything has been business as usual in regards to her. She's enjoying vacation bible school, her grandpa bought her a pool which she's been living in pretty much the past week. We've taken the dogs out a lot recently, and snubbed that flea issue. Once Emery gets back to feeling better she has a few camps she's expressed interest in for the month of July. So, Summer has actually been really good to us. I hope everyone else is having a wonderful time as well. Until the next post!
