Sunday, October 20, 2013

Hannah's 3rd surgery

A few weeks ago Hannah had surgery for the 3rd time in her life. The first two times were over 2 1/2 years ago, when she was 4 weeks old and later 3 months old (for her breathing issues--laryngomalacia).  This surgery was to repair an umbilical hernia she had had for at least two years. And fortunately, Hannah was a champ throughout the whole process


Pre-surgery:

Hannah requested pink hospital jammies but was happy even when they only had purple.

 She had fun playing with the toy and the doll they gave her.

And she was so good about letting them take her vitals.

Sweet Maelie slept through most of the surgery, which lasted less than an hour.


Post-surgery:

Hannah was pretty out of it for awhile, due to the anesthesia. She held that popsicle for a good 20 minutes before she decided she wanted to eat it. Eventually, she was thrilled with her purple popsicle and new purple sippy cup. :)


In less than a week, Hannah was back to normal, although it took her a couple more weeks to be convinced that it wouldn't hurt if we just looked at her belly button. Silly cutie. We're hoping Hannah can avoid having any more surgeries for a very long time.

2 comments:

Jason&Shannon said...

That is a lot of surgeries for a not even three year old. Hope she is done for a long time and glad it went well.

MaryAnn said...

Glad the surgery went well. Hopefully she can avoid any other surgeries for a good long time now!