As most of you know, Reagan was born with a clogged tear duct in her left eye. The doctors wouldn't even consider fixing it until she was at least a year old so the poor girl has had a goopy, runny eye this whole time. Not very fun.
Last week I went to an eye specialist to see if she qualified for the surgery to fix it, and she did. I kinda hesitated. It might have been good for her to have a nasty goopy eye as she got older because maybe that would have prevented her from dating. I could have saved the surgery as a graduation present! But, on the other hand, her cheeks were always dry and cracked from her tears, and people always thought she was sick because she had goop in her eye all the time. That's why Larry and I opted to get it fixed.
So this morning I woke up at 5am to get ready and get Reagan to the hospital by 6am. Lets just say all 3 of us were tired as we all went to bed too late, and Larry and I didn't sleep too well. When we got to the hospital, though, Reagan was in a really good mood; laughing and talking to the nurses. She liked her new bracelet, dress and hat that they let her wear! The paper work and talking to the doctors took the longest, but they were all so nice. Finally they took her. Larry and I had to go one way while they took her another way. She didn't even look back. Goodness. I was doing really well up until this point. I lost it. I knew she would be fine. The procedure was really short and not high risk. It was just really hard letting her go with strangers when I knew in just a minute she was going to be put to sleep and not be happy about it.
All went well, though. We were probably in the waiting room for 15-20 minutes before they came in and told us we could see her. I could hear her crying as she was waking up from the anesthesia in the hall. I just sat with her in my lap as she was waking up and she did such a good job. I'm so glad all went well and I'm excited that her eye is fixed. The doctor said she had 2 plugs/clogs but that it went really well. Whew.
Here are some pictures of her new outfit. What a cutie.
Checking out her new bracelet.
Mind you, it was really early in the morning, so just ignore the scary mom in the picture.
Oh my what a cutie! I hear on the pain. When Jane had to get her teeth fixed and they had to put her under. Boy it pulls at those tender heart strings of ours!!! But yeah for it being all better =)
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