Emery hard surgery on her umbilical hernia on August 18th. Typically, they do not fix the umbilical hernias in kids until they are 3 to 5 years old; however, they said Emery's would never close on it's own and they felt like they needed to repair it soon after she turned 1.
Emery wasn't allowed any food after midnight and was only able to have apple juice or water until 7:30 am. We arrived at the hospital around 8:30 in the morning and she went back for her surgery around 10:30.
Pre-surgery
She did pretty good with no food or drink until about the last hour when she really started to get hungry.
We tried everything to keep her entertained….the wait was so.so.so long, as this girl needed a nap and was hungry.
Emery finally fell asleep on me a few minutes after 10.
They were right on schedule and took her back at 10:30.
Emery did awesome with the surgery. She never needed the prescription pain meds they gave her….she just needed Advil for the first couple days after surgery. Such a tough little girl!! She is now sporting an outie belly button….if you look close you can still see the scars, but I'm confident that over the following months you won't even be able to tell she had an umbilical hernia!
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