Assigned to a room after surgery

This was Avery about an hour after we got her calmed down. She came out of anesthetic really hard and was so swollen and stretched. She looked so different to us. When we got back to our room she was hysterical and kicking trying to get the iv out of her foot. It didn't seem they were really ready for us so everybody was scrambling around. I was waiting on water since this is what they wanted me to try giving her. Nothing was making Avery calm down. She would have bursts of craziness with intermittent sleepiness. We felt so helpless. This by far was the worst recovery time Avery has had to date. We found she liked this position. She was bloated with gas which didn't help either. Come to find out her iv was not in or tapped properly, but we didn't find this out until much later. There was a senior nurse on staff which was great and she was able to finagle the cath so we didn't have to do a re -stick. Avery began to eat about 2 hours after surgery.. Her surgeon first wanted us to use the pigeon or haberman- Her Bottle which freaked us out... then we could go to her sippy cup. He wanted her to first drink the way she was most comfortable. He also doesn't feel that the bottle ever causes his patients any problem so he allows the bottle. Well Avery took 4 oz straight and got her belly full. This seemed to help with how she was feeling. Later she took 2 oz of her sippy cup and then wouldn't eat for another 15 hours. She only wants he sippy cup now which I am so happy b/c I didn't want to be temped to use her bottle. By the evening she was cracking smiles, but still clinging to mom.

Dr. Lacey said all went well with the surgery and expects she will do fine. We see him again on Monday for a post op check. Now we just need to keep her calm and in the healing mode.