It’s been a massive week, what with Boo’s operation on
Tuesday and all – left me plenty to FFS about, and I now know a few new things,
too!
My mother met us at 5.30 on Tuesday morning so we could be
at the hospital by 7.30. This meant I was awake at 4.45am. FFS
Boo was so keyed up about everything that she didn’t sleep.
Guess who went Mum’s car for the 2-hour trip? No FFS
Having no-one in the car meant I could listen to podcasts
and concentrate on driving in the pea-soup fog without ‘Mummy….’ No FFS
There was mild panic at the hospital when I was convinced I’d
left my wallet at home. FFS
Boo and her cat 'Didero' wrapped up in her blankie |
I hadn’t. My handbag had just eaten it. FFS
The nurses on the ward were just lovely to us, and made Boo
feel really special. I’d taken a lot of care to make sure she wasn’t
apprehensive beforehand, and they were gems about perpetuating this. No FFS
I know, without a doubt in my mind, that Paediatric nurses
are a special breed of amazing.
Pre-Op |
I was allowed to go with Boo when she was anaesthetised, and
watching her little head loll as she went under was a bit of a shock. Actually,
a lot of a shock. I burst into tears. FFS
Turns out a tonsillectomy only takes about 20 minutes. I’d
barely started reading my book when they were fetching me to go into recovery.
No FFS
At least I’d stayed in the waiting room. One mother had the
impression it was a 1.5hour procedure and left to get a coffee. FFS
Her little Miss 3 was beside herself when I got into
recovery. FFS
Boo, on the other hand, took one look at me and went back to
sleep…Not sure if this is a FFS or not!
She smashed an icy pole and charmed the nurses before we
went back to the ward.
My brave girl. |
I know that my Boo is a freakin’ superstar. Not one tear out
of her during the scary bits!
When we got back to the ward, Boo realised there was now a
drip in her hand. FFS
She said it was hurting, and the nurses told her it wasn’t
really that painful. FFS
I spend a fair bit of time in hospital. I know this isn’t
quite true. Canulation hurts like a MOFO, no matter what they say. It’s not ‘just
an inconvenience’, it’s a piece of plastic hanging out of your hand! FFS
Mum put Boo to rights again by handing over the iPad while
she left to do some shopping. No FFS
Cuddles with Gran |
I thought I’d try napping while Mum was gone, but the girl
in the bed opposite hadn’t handled her operation well and proceeded to throw up
and cry loudly for the next hour. FFS
Please don’t think me cold-hearted, I felt for her but I was
beyond tired by this point! FFS
Boo intermittently slept, played and hazarded eating until
about 6pm when my Mum left. The nurses decided that is was time for Boo to get
out of her surgical robe and into her PJ’s.
I know how hard it is to get PJ’s on with a canula in. Boo
didn’t.
Even with a nurse and me helping, she managed to pull it out
of her hand. FFS
I knew this before I saw it, she made a hideous gasping
sound and burst into tears. FFS
Cue blood. Quite a lot of blood. FFS
She crawled up on me like a koala for cuddles. We hadn’t yet
got her PJ pants on. FFS
It took me 15 minutes to calm her down, because she’d heard
the nurse say it might have to go back in. FFS
The nurse got hold of a doctor and managed to make an
agreement that if Boo drank plenty we wouldn’t need it back in. No FFS
I know how hard it is to get Boo to drink when she doesn’t
want to, so we made a plan. She’d be allowed to watch a movie from the ward’s
DVD library if she drank half a bottle of water before bed.
I know that movies can fix anything.
Boo slept through the night. I didn’t. FFS
The little girl across from us was awake hourly, screaming
and sobbing. Everytime she woke, I was convinced it was Boo so I’d sit
bolt-upright in bed panicking. FFS
Not one single time was it her. FFS
She barely woke when the nurses came to do her obs. No FFS
Suffice to say, by the time Mum rang at 6am to say she was
running late, I was a wreck. FFS
Boo woke up at 7.30 am sooky and sore. FFS
She didn’t want to eat breakfast, but if she didn’t we weren’t
allowed to go home. FFS
Mum got her to eat half a piece of toast. I maintain getting
a little girl who just had her tonsils removed to eat toast is just plain mean.
FFS
We were allowed to leave in the morning. No FFS
Mum took Boo, so I detoured past our house for a quick
shower before I had to get Diddy from my grandparents. No FFS
Husbeast had smothered the fire (our only heat) with a
gigantic log, so the house was effing FREEZING. FFS!
Diddy was a snotty, teething and sick mess when I picked her
up. FFS
This is what I came home to. FFS |
I know that two sick kids amounts to 18 times the work of
one. FFS
Thanks again for joining me! I'm linking up with Sarah for FFS Friday at Move Fuel Love, Ann for Things I Know at Help!! I'm Stuck, and Grace for Flog Yo' Blog Friday at With Some Grace.