Home again, home again, jiggity jig...

Celeste in her hospital gown pointing at sea lions in a mural.  She waited very patiently for over 3 hours for her surgery.  It was bumped back that far because doctors and nurses had difficulty getting to the hospital in the snow storm.  We drove down the night before, so we had no problems.

Here's some of the snow we saw while driving up the hill to Primary Childrens hospital on the University of Utah campus.

There were a lot of toys to keep her occupied.  This is Celeste in a wagon BEFORE the pre-surgery happy juice kicked in.

Scott pulling Celeste

Here she is AFTER the happy juice kicked in, pretty mellow.

About 1/2 an hour later she was in surgery which lasted just over 2 hours, during which time we sat in the waiting room eating comfort food.  Celeste came through the surgery with flying colors.  Dr. Cartright did an amazing job.  Complications were my biggest fear, and she didn't have any.  She did great with the anesthesia, etc.  Celeste's room was on the 3rd floor.  She had very nice, smart nurses.  We were impressed by the hospital.  They specialize  in children and they were really good.

Here she is the next morning.  She was a little groggy from the pain medicine and her face was puffy from the fluids in the IV.

She watched her favorite show, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on my laptop.

She was only allowed to have one parent stay the night, so Scott stayed with my sister.  When he arrived the next morning, she was very happy to see him.

The machines made interesting beeping noises, especially when she removed some of the monitoring lines that were attached to her.

Taking a nap.

Playing drop the toys out of the crib with daddy.  This game lasted over an hour.  She loved it.  By lunch time she was her active, perky, talking self.  She kept wanting to run down the hall.  The doctors released her a day early because she was doing so well.  What a miracle! We are grateful to God for blessing her so much.  We are also grateful for everyone's thought's and prayers.

Wednesday evening visit to Grammy Goose: Link