2nd Surgery Update

Well the 2nd surgery went better than the first, in my opinion. The only problem we had was her going to the bathroom. Apparently, the anesthesia can have some effects on your bladder and this time it affected AB. She went the bathroom before we left on Wednesday at around 9a and didn't go again until after 2a the next morning. She was in excruciating pain and kept telling me she had to go but never did. They came in at around 1am and did an ultrasound which showed that she had enough fluid to hold a pop can and her abdomen was hard. The nurse tried some tricks to no avail and AB just kept screaming and crying. The nurse had to call the doc and we knew that a cath was the next step. AB seemed to like me rubbing her abdomen so I kept at it and she finally fell asleep and as they were bringing in the cath she went potty. What a joy!!!! Never thought I'd be so excited about some pee. Her mouth still looks good on the inside 4 days after surgery and she doesn't seem to be in a lot of pain. Last night was rough on her though and she kept moaning like she did when she first came home with us. They also had a really tough time calming her down after surgery and they called me back. During the first surgery, the called me back and I just kept talking to her; this time they wanted me to hold her. They told me they gave her the maximum dosage of morphine and I think she was more scared than in pain. After I calmed her down she was fine. She did however have a fit when they wanted me to put her back in the crib to take her to the room - she told everyone that it was not going to happen that way. They brought around a wheelchair and I held her while they wheeled us into her room. Did I mention how stubborn she is lately????? She is definitely part of the King family!!!!

The boys did great with Uncle Dan and I think they had a great time with him for the couple days. And we did not get a call from the school which means that J passed his EOG's. Guess this means, he's done with school for the rest of the year. Have I mentioned lately how much I love this whole EOG thing. Yes, we have a week and a half of school and my son is going to be doing nothing but watching movies and having end of the year parties.