May 30, 2014
Pre Op Appointment
We left home very early to get to Children's for our 9am pre-op appointment. Not having any restrictions on Addison's (22-mos) eating or drinking made this a fun ride filled with little traffic (thank you HOV) and several rounds of her favorite songs from Frozen. Brother Matthew (almost 3 yrs) happily stayed home with Nana.
Our first appointment was 2 hours of family medical history as well as discussion about Addison's present health. A new snoopy doll from the nurse as well as a princess castle in the room kept Addison occupied as we answered a zillion family medical history questions. For anyone who knows how last fall was for my dad, I had a lot of ailments to add to the history. Luckily none of them were pertinent to Ms. Addison's upcoming procedure. We are very fortunate as well that Addison's health and growth is all very good. Often scoliosis in infants is indicative of a larger congenital or neurological disorder. We will be required to get an MRI to confirm that neither of these situations are present. So far Miss A appears to be developing right on time.
The nurse who took the medical history was wonderful and for Addison, the oxygen monitor was more fun than the princess castle. We then met with the anesthesiologist. She was very helpful in calming our fears about long term exposure to anesthesia in toddlers. She also gave us a full description of what "casting day" will look like and what to expect. For me, knowing what's coming up is calming.
2 hours of that...and we are off to Orthopedics. We are greeted by clowns in the lobby. Creepy they may be, but suddenly I do feel a little less anxious about how scary this experience will be for Addison. So far she has scored a Snoopy doll, a pin wheel, and seen countless fish tanks and bubbles. For any 2 year old this was a good day!! We met with Dr. G, the physician's assistant and a PA student about what will happen the day Addison gets her first cast.
Addison is too tired to go for lunch, she was asleep before we got out of the parking garage. A well deserved pinwheel and nap for her brave efforts today. She never cried and I think made everyone she met smile. Goodbye for today Children's, we will see you June 10 for her first cast.
No comments:
Post a Comment