Winnie had a little outpatient surgery yesterday and it went so great!  She got to have both her surgeons work on her and we just love seeing them.  I have to be honest, the one surgeon who took care of her in the ER is my absolute favorite and I like meeting with him but everytime he comes in I get anxious and all those memories from when we first met come back.  We love him all the same though. I think it will be easier to start referring to her Doctors as Doc 1 (her ER surgeon) and Doc 2 from now on.

Things are looking normal and the surgery went well like I mentioned.  Doc 1 now wants us to do some nurse work at home just so we don't have to come to the hospital so much.  We had to do this before when we first came home from her big scare. She had a catheder for a few days post hospital and we had to flush it, sterilize it, and make sure it didn't come out.  It was stressful making sure everything was completely sanitary.  If you look closely in her blessing pictures you can see me trying to hide that dumb tube.  I was so happy when it was finally out! This however will be much different.  Not harder I don't think, just different.  My mom asked me, "Well through all this do you think you could be a nurse?". I'll take a hard pass on that career.  We love nurses and always love getting relationships with them but I just couldn't.  Anyway! Originally her big surgery with Doc 1 would have been at 6 months but since by the time she's that old it'll be RSV season and he doesn't want her staying in the hospital with all those sick babies.  Neither do I! So it's been pushed ot a year old.  I feel good about that and know its best for her.

Doc 2 Let us know a while ago that other than this little surgery the major procedures she'll need to do on Winnie will have to wait until she's older as well (1yr to yr and half).  Hopefully it will just be one but she may need multiple.

I told Dayton we're going all out with her 1 year old party.  She's going to get spoiled rotten because she'll have all this other junk to deal with around then :)  My mom called me after I text our family how things went and asked how I was doing.  I didn't cry or feel overwhelmed at all the whole day! I'm getting better at dealing with this.  I try and not fight what's happening and just enjoy our Winnie.  I like people watching in the surgery waiting room.  All these other Moms and families are so different coming out of the doors after saying goodbye to their babies.  Some sob and I remember those feelings.  Especially leaving my three week old in the hands of people I had met three hours prior.  Some Moms come out of those doors just ready to wait.  All those babies have different things going on and I'm not saying it's bad to cry. But, it's interesting to watch others and see the change in myself. That's what bumps in the road are about right?  Buuuuttttt, don't hold it against me if when those major surgeries come around I'm a wreck. With the not-so-bad ones I'm doing alright.  And I'll pat myself on the back for that today.