Resiliency of Children

Kate's surgery is complete...I can't believe that all the anticipation and anxiety about it is finally over!

After her arrival at Children's Mercy at 7a.m. she was given a full initial check-up followed by a briefing with the anesthesiologist and surgeon and off she went with surgical staff. I knew she was in good hands, but as a mom, it was still hard to see her whisked away knowing that no matter how confident and trusting you can be, there are still a number of things (albeit highly unlikely) that could go wrong.

She was out of surgery a little after 12 pm and Dr. Gatti met with us to explain what all took place during the surgical proceedure and that from here on out, she should have no future problems. She had to have a little more work done than originally thought with the right ureters as well unanticipated work on her left ureter. She only had to remain in the hospital 24 hours...shorter than usual, however, our big strong tough girl rebounded and recovered so very quickly. Although I did have to hold her through the night when she started to have some pain, she was quite perky from around 11:00pm to 2:00am as you can see from the short video clip! :) It was quite difficult to keep her from pulling, tugging and chewing on her tubes and wires. She was ready to bail!

She will visit Children's Mercy again in a couple of weeks for a follow up, and in a month, her stint removed. We are so grateful for the many prayers and well wishes and especially thankful to my mom and sister for being there with us, for Jerry and Gloria for taking the boys, and Pastor Michael and Pastor Alex for joining us so early at the hospital to pray with us. We are glad this year long journey is officially over and we can move on to celebrating one full year of little Kate's life in just a week! :)

Before surgery...look at those sad eyes!

After surgery...getting all settled into her room. She was higher than a kite!
Mommy had to hold her princess most of the night as she really needed the cuddles.
Except at 1 in the morning, she decided she felt much better for a while. It was hard to keep her from pulling, tugging and biting on her wires and tubes.