Izzy's tubes

WARNING...THIS POSTING IS PICTURE-INTENSIVE!!!

Ok, so I took 150 photos (give or take a few) of this milestone, and I've wittled it down to these. I still can't believe how GOOD she was!

We were scheduled to be at the surgery center at 6:00am (that's just a stupidly ridiculously early time for ANYONE), and we pretty much got right in. Unfortunately, we had to wait until 7:00 for the doctor to arrive (didn't quite understand that), so we had LOTS OF TIME TO KILL! She was pretty quiet and subdued for most of it, but the last 10-15 minutes or so she had enough. Great nurses, great doctor, great outcome!!!!
checking out the fish tank in the waiting room

time to change into her gown

she has this look on her face that says, "what the heck is THAT???"

But she looks pretty darn cute in it, doesn't she?

She looks verrrry suspicious....

Here's her nurse putting her id bracelet on. Very nice woman!


She wasn't quite sure about the pulse-meter though


A cute smile for her pappa

Ahhh! You see that??? It's MEEEEEE in a photo with Izzy!!! I'm reading her the same story...

Ok, now she's REALLY suspicious

Here's Stripey...she's become quite fond of him....

And her orange crocs. Threw an absolute fit when we tried to take them off, so Joacim's putting them back on her..

Now she's reaching the end of her limits...

I have no idea what this face is, but I'm so glad I got it!

Ok, they're ready to take her now!

Sniff sniff...off she goes...

Heck, I didn't even have a chance to think about it! It was over before I knew it, and she wasn't all that happy when we got back to her. Definitely not as bad as they said she'd be, but not all that great either

But she was VERY snuggly....

After we got home, we had a couple of failed nap attempts, but she was finally able to get 3 or so hours, and she woke up a brand new kid!

Steroid update and Izzy's ENT appt.

Well, oddly enough...I'm not experiencing the same side effects (at least not in the same time frame) as the last time I took these damn pills. Which is great! But it's freaking me out too!

I know there are subtle changes....a little thickness in the neck and sides...tingling...weird little things. But I don't have any of the facial swelling yet that I did the last time, and it was around the 3-week mark that I saw it. Maybe it won't happen!!! I'm hoping!

I did have an appointment with my nephrologist on Wednesday, and he noticed that I had some glucose in my urine, which means my body's not processing sugar like it needs to. This likely indicates that my sugars are around 200 (which is not so good)...SOOOOOOO...maybe the diabetes is coming back. I'll start testing my sugars daily and probably do a glucose test in September. I hope I can handle this part of the ordeal better than the last time!

Oh, and we had an appointment with an ENT on Wednesday too (chock full-o-doctor's appointments on this day!). She still had some fluid on her ears from the last 2 infections, so it's looking like she's getting tubes...next Friday to be exact. We figured this is a better option than to keep treating her with oral antibiotics, so we'll see how it goes!