Dec 26th- (part2) We drove to the hospital down the block and Lola made sure to direct daddy exactly where to go. Lol. She said the clinic was sooo close and a bitty far from the hospital. We are shocked at the things that come out of her mouth at times lol. (An old soul for sure.) She was excited to get inside to see all her nurse friends and play with her kitchen, but she also kept telling me that she didn’t want the “white stuff,” the propofol anesthesia med that makes her sleepy, but gives her a bad taste in the mouth right before she falls asleep. We played and waited and tried to distract her as much as possible from actual snacking and eating. When she’d ask, I’d just tell her, “yes of course…when you wake up from your nap.” I wanted so badly for her to go to sleep before rolling her into the procedure room so that it’d lessen the trauma for her. We sang songs as I rubbed her head and she finally fell asleep. Thank God! After they rolled her back, hubby and I went to grab some much needed coffee. Side note- hospital coffee is not the vibe, but when you’re desperate, it does the job lol. The waiting always comes with an overwhelming feeling of anxiety: what if something wrong happens doing the procedure, what if the results show cancer cells in the spinal fluid, what if she doesn’t wake up…😭🤦🏻♀️ I could never relax til the moment my baby girl opens up her eyes and talks to us. First thing she said to her nurse when she woke up was, “do you have any apple juice?” Lol. Her wish was their command. She was her happy spunky self after she woke up and enjoyed her purple sticky rice from grandma during the car ride home. It wasn’t fair or fun to be doing this all the day after Christmas, but we are thankful for an uneventful day.
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