can you hear spiders?
olivia is not a fan of pain. the moment she gets a scrape she runs frantically runs inside looking for a barbie bandaid. when she got her 5 yr old shots, she screamed until our car pulled out of the parking lot. when she gets knocked over in soccer, it's a traumatic experience.
so today she got some crushing news.
after failing numerous hearing tests and having her ears checked and rechecked at an ent, she is having tubes put in on 10/28. {funny thing is, in our opinion she hears everything! it's impossible to have an adult conversation in the car. even with the radio blasting and her sitting in the "way back" she can hear everything.}
once the doctor started explaining the procedure (hospital, put to sleep, etc.) she got all hot & bothered. she looked right at the doctor and said "i can hear just fine! i hear the spiders crawling around in my basement!!" {see freaking hearing skills!}
after a tear-filled ride home and me promising her a toy at meijer after the procedure is over, she calmed down. it helped that once we got home her grandparents from minnesota (who are out visiting) gave the kids their birthday presents. hooray for distractions!
but on a parental note... it's not fun thinking about her getting put to sleep. it's a super common & fast procedure, so i'm not going to spend too much time worrying (in theory, of course). she's not having it done at children's like garrett did so the nurse today didn't think i'd be able to carry her to the or and hold her until she's out like i did with garrett :( well they'll be sorry about that. when she's upset & hysterical she is one fiesty little kid! i have no doubt that she'll give them a run for their money.
3 comments:
that's crazy that they wouldn't let you take her back there! can you ask for her to go to childrens?
oh .. and ... olivia ... don't come visit while we still live in this townhouse... there are so many spiders you'd go crazy with all of the stuff you'd hear!!!
i could ask to have her go to childrens but then i'd have to go with a different doctor and that would mean another consult before we could schedule the surgery. and since we maxed out our portion of the insurance payment with josie this winter, this procedure should be fairly "cheap" for us. so we want to get it in this calendar year :)
but i will ask the nurses at the hospital if i can take her back. the nurse in office today didn't think it was likely, but you never know!
i also forgot to add that i don't want to switch doctors b/c i really like the doctor, his office is in a good location for us and i think josie will be going to him soon for a few tests as well (but that's a whole different story!)
sorry sarah, my explanation is quite complex! ha ha :)
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