My precious baby girl was all smiles and in great spirits this morning, just as she is every morning. Even with her last feeding at 3am and obviously beyond hungry by 9am. Each member of her surgery team individually came in to say hi; Dr. Moss, Dr. Joganic, Dr. Parks, Lindsey and Kristen. At 9am the nurse (Kristen) came in and after hugs, kisses and loving from her Grammee and then Mommy, she was taken into surgery.
I had imagined that after handing her off, I'd just fall to pieces. But I didn't. Don't get me wrong, I cried, panicked and sort of went into a dazed fog. I made it through by telling myself the following: She's healthy and strong, she needs this surgery, her surgeons and their team specialize in this and have the skill and knowledge and she has so many people praying for her.
At 9:06am I handed Felicity to the nurse. At 10:07am I got the call that they had administered the anesthesia, she took to it great and they inserted the IV lines without having to use the central and they were starting the surgery. At 11:11am I got the call that the surgery was going good and all of her vital signs were great. At 11:36am I got the call that the surgery was done, everything went great and they were closing her up. Both Dr. Moss and Dr. Joganic came out to tell me in person that everything went great. On the way to the PICU to see her, Dr. Parks her Anesthesiologist was just leaving her room and said she did wonderful and the shape of her head looked great.
Now we are on the healing part of her journey
