Bye bye bump

This morning KK had surgery to remove the little bump on her neck. She was born with it there, and it's removal was mostly for aesthetic reasons. Both her primary doctor and the ENT specialist recommended that we have it removed before she begins school. We had been planning to take care of it when she was 2 to 3, and since she will be starting preschool this fall, now was a good time. The bump wasn't terribly noticable, but several of her friends have been curious about it and KK would often touch it.

I have to admit that I had to make a conscious decision to not think too much about it being removed, because it was a part of her. She was perfect to me the day she was conceived, so changing anything about her was hard. But I know that as she gets older it could have become an issue for her.

She had a great time at the hospital looking at fishies with Grandma K, putting on special jammies, and going for wagon rides down the halls...


Coming out of the anesthesia, however, was...unpleasant. She became angry and violent and was inconsolable. She was mostly mad at all the tubes, monitors, and IV hookups she had - she wanted them out. Now. Who could blame her. Needless to say, they sent us home rather quickly. She screamed all the way home, but once she was on the couch watching Shrek and eating Nemo snacks she was much better. Tonight, after a nearly four hour nap, she is back to being herself, playing with Grandma and eating a Valentine cupcake that some of her sweet playgroup friends brought to her this afternoon...we're glad to have her back!