There must be something in the water. Or the amniotic fluid. Or something, because when Kyla showed us her "big lump" on her groin, we knew immediately that we had another kid with a hernia. Allie had her belly button fixed a couple of years ago, and Carter had his own inguinal hernia fixed in January. Kyla
had to show them both up, though, with her double inguinal hernias (we could only see the one on the right, because it was HUGE, but there was also one on the left). So, we had a quick consult and scheduled surgery for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We had to act fast, since we were nearly at our family deductible for our health insurance, and we wanted to get it taken care of before January when Obamacare makes things a lot trickier for us.
She was pretty excited about the surgery, and not the least bit nervous. We had to be there (in the Riverton hospital for insurance purposes) at 6:20 am, which meant we had to get up around 5:15. Still, she was in good spirits before surgery.
Her favorite thing was playing the XBox while we waited.
The surgery itself took about 30 minutes and it took her another 15-20 to wake up. Unlike her siblings, she did not wake up crying uncontrollably, but was quite pleasant. She was in a bit of pain (and she told me she wasn't expecting that), but not bad overall.
We were able to leave at 10:00 and were home by 11:00. She was a bit nauseated on the drive home (thank goodness for barf bags), and she spent the rest of the day laying around watching movies. But by evening, I was trying to convince her that she needed to wait a few days before she starting doing cartwheels again. Her recovery was quick and easy and we couldn't have asked for a better experience.
Let's just hope that Damon and/or McKay aren't next...
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