Thursday, November 13, 2008

Here we go again...

I swear, if there is some random, weird, uncommon sickness out there poor little Indie is going to get it.  Her latest is an abscess under her eye.
It has made for some funny moments of waking up to this...
It all started a few weeks ago when she started developing a small red bump under her eye.  At first I thought it was pink eye but her eye wasn't pink so I just figured it was a sty.  So foolishly I didn't take her to the doctor thinking it would go away.  

Well after about a week it didn't so I thought it was time to go in.  Her doctor said it was an infection in her eye, gave us an antibiotic and sent us on our way.  Three days later it only looked worse so we went back in and this time he said it was an abscess and we would need to see a specialist to have it drained.

The next day we made yet another doctors visit.  The specialist concurred that it was an abscess.  He said we could either strap her down and drain it or we could put her under and do the procedure.  The doctor felt he could do a better job of cleaning it out if she wasn't freaking out so we opted for another surgery.  

We arrived at Ogden Regional Wednesday morning at 6:30 a.m., you heard right, A.M.  The anesthesiologist did his best to completely freak me out.  He was concerned because Indie had a small cold and told us that even healthy children have problems with their airways while under anesthesia.  He wouldn't even feel comfortable putting an adult with a cold under.  He asked the doctor if he thought this surgery could wait until she was well and he said he was afraid if we waited she would be at risk for developing cellulitis.  So they decided to continue on with the surgery even though it would be higher risk.  I felt calm up to this point and then I just lost it.  Thanks for telling me all of the reasons we should wait, and then going ahead with it anyway.  I could not stop the tears.  Tony gave Indie a blessing and I felt more at ease.  
They took her from us at about 7:30 a.m. and by 7:50 a.m. the doctor had come to the waiting room to tell us it had been a success.  Tony had to jet off to class so I went into the recovery room and fed and rocked Indie until they said we could go.  She was groggy and a little grumpy as usual from the anesthesia, but I think she was mostly upset because the pesky patch was covering her good eye.
We were home by 9:30 and back to normal after we both took a much needed nap.  The patch came off and her eye was swollen and bruised.
We went back to the doctor today and he said everything looks great.  The swelling has gone done and it is still quite bruised but she should be back to normal in no time.

10 comments:

J said...

Her poor eye, I'm glad she's doing ok.

Jacki said...

She is such a good little trooper! Hope that this is the last for awhile! Love you MOM

Ellynn said...

How sad. She is such an angel. i'm glad it all went well. i'm sorry about the scare with the anesthesiologist. what a joke!

Mindi said...

Oh, poor little Indie! I'm so glad you had Tony with you at the hospital for comfort and the blessing!

Moni said...

Poor kiddo. I am so sorry. I do not blame you for the meltdown I would have done the same in your shoes. I am so glad everything went well.

Loni and Tyler said...

Your sweet little Indie! She is so darling. Glad that it worked well though! Miss seeing you guys!

bevany said...

Oh my gosh! Poor girl! And poor parents...I was almost crying reading it. I would have totally lost it if I were you. I hope the recovery goes well!

Jamie said...

oh no Jessica-I hope she gets better soon-What a little sweetheart and I love her monkey pajamas-Jessica, you are an amazing mom and a great example to me!

Cortney said...

Indie is the best. We loved watching her the other night. Call us again!

Hannah Stayner said...

makes me want to cry!!!

hey, if you want to still come to the class I have an extra camera I can lend you and you can see if you want to buy one like it. Its the same one Mandi just bought. You can both come :) I think Mandi is going to be one of the models so it should be great fun! (maybe she will lend her camera for one of you to use as well) let me know!