No Palate Surgery Today

This morning Bailey was up and at 'em. Of course, she kept telling us she was hungry but we couldn't give her anything because of her surgery. After we arrived at the hospital she fell asleep. Many times she will take a short nap around 9:30 or 10 so we didn't think anything of it. Something was different this time, though. We could not wake her up. We tried showing her toys, tried tickling her, tried talking to her. Nothing would work. She would open her eyes and go right back to sleep. I tried showing her a doll stroller and some dolls but she just turned around and layed down on the floor and was out again. When Dr. Giles and the anesthesiologist came in and we told them what was going on, they tried to wake her too. No luck. Dr. Giles decided right then that he wasn't going to do her palate. He said he wanted things "perfect" to do that surgery. We finally got her to wake up a bit and they decided that they would go in and put her tubes in and draw some blood. Bailey was so upset when they took her from me. So, Dr. Giles picked her up and said, "I'll carry her." He was able to put her tubes in and he said that her ears were absolutley FULL of infection. So much that the infection just drained out when he cleaned them and put the tubes in. He gave her a double dose of antibiotic through her IV while she was still in the ER. It wasn't long before we were called back to the recovery room. She was still sound asleep. Her blood sugar was low so they gave her some glucose. Within about 10 minutes of getting that glucose, she was awake and talking to me and looking at pictures of her brothers and sisters. They gave her a purple popsicle that she devoured. After a while in recovery we were taken to another room to wait. Bailey never had a fever. In fact her temp was 97.4. The nurses offered her two packs of cookies. She took both of them and ate them. Backyardigans was on and she started singing with them. What a day for her! We are hoping that we never have to go through that scare again. She is taking a nap now. I know she is really tired from all of this but I just want to go and wake her up and make sure she is okay.
I was so scared during all of this. T E R R I F I E D! I just thank the good Lord for watching over our little Bailey Shay today........and everyday.
We'll try for the palate surgery again in a few weeks. Thank you so much to everyone who said a prayer for us today. Thank you for all of the emails this morning. What an awesome bunch of friends we have! Hugs to all of you! ~Sharon