More Surgery for Megan

Yesterday Meg underwent her 3rd Surgery! This time it was another round of ear tubes (grommits), removal of adnenoids (again!) and nose cauterization (spelling?!!). There wasnt much time to get nervous about it- we only saw the surgeon on Monday night and she was operated on less than 3 days later!

She was operated on at Freemasons/Epworth hospital and was 2nd on the list for the afternoon surgery. There was another little 8 year old girl getting ear tubes as well, and she had her pink nintendo so Meg and her spent the time before surgery chatting to each other on their nintendos!


They have changed things a little at the Freemason's since the last surgery 2 years ago, and they now get the kids changed into hospital gowns instead of operating on them in their PJs. Meg wasnt too impressed with the gowns that do up at the back!


The surgery went well, but she woke up in recovery in a huge amount of pain. Meg rarely complains about pain, and almost never cries in pain, so seeing her soooooo upset was really hard to deal with. The pain relief meds they decided to give her were out of date by 2 days so poor Meg had to wait for more to be sent up. Even getting the camera out couldnt draw a smile out of her.

We eventually got back to the ward and got some food and drink into her. She started to perk up a bit, but kept losing all her colour and going white, so we had to stay in the ward until 6pm. Her little friend she had made was long gone- but she was happy to just sit in the chair, and eventually did some colouring. We knew she was picking up when she started being cheeky again!


Thankfully Meg had a good nights sleep last night. Her nose has been running a lot and she is sick of wiping it, but she has had to turn the TV down coz its too loud- so the surgery has been a success! Thank Goodness for that