Howie & "T": Alyssa's Tonsils......

I am WAY, WAY, WAY Behind on posting things on my blog. Hopefully I can catch up before the end of the year. I have been so busy with work that I am still stuck back on events that happened in the month of September. YIKES! Gotta get to work here before I forget what has happened in my life during the 2010 year. Here goes.....

On September 2nd Alyssa was scheduled to get her tonsils removed. April invited me to come along with her. We had to arrive at Primary Children's Hospital in the WEE hours of the morning.

April is such a good little mommy. She made arrangements with her work to stay at the hospital until she was finished with the surgery and then she would head back and I would take Lyss home to recover.

I love this girl....she is such a sweetheart! Maybe I should say "THESE GIRLS" I love them both so much!!

Primary's is such a fun place for kids.....Well maybe not for the "sick kids" but the play area looks like so much fun .

Alyssa was quite the little snuggle bug that day. All smiles too!!

This girl LOVES story books. Actually I think this was a sticker book April brought with us, because I remember wearing a sticker she gave me, all day in the hospital :)

Open wide and say goodbye to those tonsils of yours! They had sure given Lyss a hard time over the past few months. It will be nice to get rid of em!

I can't believe how fast my grandaughter is growing. She was acting so dang cute this morning. "I'm a big girl now!"

Let's see how long this smile lasts today. She has no idea what is about to happen to her in a few short minutes!

She was so dang cute this morning as we got her ready for the operation....

She was feeling pretty special in her "FANCY" new hospital clothes

Everything was going great until she got to the hospital slippers....She went from ALL SMILES to.....

GET THESE OFF OF ME!!!! "I don't like these fancy clothes" It was crazy how quickly her attitude changed.

She got so worked up that when it was time for the nurse to take her to surgery they asked April if she felt that they should give her extra medication prior to taking her away, to eleviate her stress. I can't remember the name of the drug that they gave to Alyssa, but it must have been a good one, because within a few short minutes of taking it she calmed right down and she became really looped. She said in a groggy little voice, "Mom, I reeeeeally like this medicine! Can we get some to take home with us?" It really cracked us up!

The doctor laughed and said "I've never had a young patient request to take the medication home, it is always the parents asking to take it home with them!"

The surgery went well it was nice that April was able to be there with her as she woke up. She was NOT a happy camper, that's for sure. She was hysterical, screaming, yelling, thrashing around. She wanted the IV tube removed and wanted OUTA THERE! April was unable to calm her but once the mophine kicked in, she calmed down in her mommy's arms, they let me come back and join them in her room.

She was WASTED!!!

She slept peacefully for quite some time after surgery. April was able to do some work right there in the hospital room. She has the best employer EVER! How many people can still work while their daughter is undergoing surgery and recovering? They are GREAT PEOPLE at Fusion IO!

It was so cute to see her when she finally woke up...

She sat straight up in bed and asked "What just happened to me?" I know that strange feeling you get after surgery, but for a child it must seem extra wierd. One minute you are awake doing fine, and then you wake up in some strange bed, with wires hooked up to you. She was soooo DOZED out!

It was so nice to watch April tenderly help your young daughter. She is such a good little mommy!

Trying to force a smile for a picture with Grandma T

Getting ready to take a walk to the bathroom. She was not too sure about this IV hooked to her hand!

Primary Children's Hospital truly caters to kids. Even their food menu is kid friendly. Everything a kid would ever want to eat!

Mmmmmmm.....choices, choices, choices!

I think Jello was the winner!

April went ahead and ordered a bunch of food that she thought Lyssi would like. Milk shake, pudding, chocolate milk, ice cream, popsicles......

It was so funny once it got delivered to the room, Alyssa said in her scratchy little voice, "I don't want all of these snacks, I WANT REAL FOOD!" I think she was craving some good ole pizza or something like that :)

She cuddled with mom for quite some time watching tv and just dozing in and out.

My beautiful girls snoooozin' in Dreamland!

This girl loves chocolate. Yummy chocolate icecream!

Lyssi enjoyed her new hospital toys I got her. It was nice to get her mind off the pain of her throat.

She loved the little stamps and stickers....

It was finally time to get ready to go home. We had originally thought that April would go back to work and I would take Lyssi home to rest, but April decided to spend the rest of the day with her daughter instead of returning to work. She just couldn't leave her! GOOD CHOICE April.