Surgery

REWIND: (Sept 23) Morghan's 3 year check up. I brought up the matter of Morghan's loud snoring and constantly breathing through her mouth. The next step was a trip to the ENT to have her tonsils and adenoids checked.

FAST FORWARD: (October 16) Saw Dr Christian, who is also my doctor. After examining Morghan He said she would need her adenoids removed because they were making it difficult for her to breath through her nose. Then, after comparing her history against mine it was decided that she would also have her tonsils removed to prevent a second surgery down the road.

PRESENT: I just got of the phone from making 4 phone calls that ended with me in tears.

Call #1: Nurse - I scheduled Morghan's appointment and learned that she will be out of school for 2 weeks. Her surgery is scheduled for November 12, with her post-op appointment being the day before Thanksgiving. (awesome) Learned about all the prescriptions she'll be needing and all that good stuff. I still have to drop by the ENT office to sign a few things and pick up her prescriptions and all the paperwork regarding her surgery.

Call #2: Chase - He is having a hard time with getting days off for all of this so I had to let him know the exact dates and length of time she will be out of class.

Call #3: Mom - I couldn't even make it 30 seconds before I started crying because I didn't know how we will be able to make some bills with me not working for 3 1/2 weeks. (We are going to Texas 4 days after her post-op appointment for a week) Finally after she assured me things will be okay I was able to semi-calm down.

Call #4: Dad - While still shaking from my crying episode, I managed to update my dad on everything by combing the 3 previous conversations.

The more I learn about the surgery the harder it is to process. I realize that it's common, but lets face it. Any parent worries when the doctor says surgery. That is my one and only baby and I hate seeing her in pain so it breaks my heart to know she will be miserable for almost a whole 2 weeks.

I still need to talk to my boss about all the time I'm going to need to take off and how/if it will affect my standing.

In the last 4 days it seems like I've had so much information to take in and not near enough time to think through it all.