let me see if I can just retell the day without making this too long...
up at 4:30 am
Out the door by 5:30am
Picked up Starbucks by 5:35am
made great time and freeway signs read "25 minutes to Seattle" before I missed my exit from one hwy onto the main freeway north. (not like me... I know my exit/entrance...traffic was getting congested and just at the second I could merge Zoe started crying causing me to be distracted...and poof I missed my opportunity)
drove around for 30 minutes trying to wind my way through south Seattle before finding an entrance back onto the freeway heading North (Childrens is in North Seattle)
Arrived 15 minutes late for check in at 7:00am. (check in was set for 6:45)
Zoe was brought back to the surgery center at approximately 7:30. (OR time was scheduled for 8am)
Unlike many other times, they allowed me to "suit up" and go into the OR with Zoe at approximately 8am so that I could be with her when she was put under.
With little hassle, she fell asleep and I was brought back out to the lobby where I waited.
and waited
and waited.
For a procedure scheduled to take 15 minutes, I began to wonder if something was wrong at about 9am.
9am I went to the surgery center desk and inquired about Zoe only to be told she was JUST about done.
9:15am I was called back to talk to the doctors to hear how it went.
Other than having a hard time getting past the scar tissue (and apparently getting an iv in since she has like 3 or 4 sites where they poked her) all went well and everything looks great.
9:30am I got to go back to see her. She arrived in a lot of pain since she was refusing any meds. Her nurse in this phase of recovery was smart and got something to put in her iv (a little morphine and she was a much happier camper)
11am we were able to cap the tubes that would remain it for the weekend and prepare to go home.
A slight detour led us to lunch first at approximately noon.
Zoe ate more than I did at a place called Zoopa. Zoopa is a buffet that offers various pasta, salads, soups, breads and such....
After Zoopa we went to the
Disney store to return the Belle dress. With the credit for the dress, I repurchased it and the matching light up shoes with a total out of pocket of 2 whole cents.
While at the Disney store we were able to participate in Story time. I must say this had me completely smiling. The cm (who LOVES Disney and is truly one of those enthusiastic "magical" cms who should never think of doing anything else but work for Disney) was so wonderful. His performance and interaction with Zoe was nothing less than you would expect from Disney. The giant screen that was the "book" was so very fun. Zoe was able to "help" turn the pages by sliding her hand along the screen. What a nice way to end our day!!!
So there you have it... back at home all is well. (other than I suspect Steve may end up in the ER tonight...but that is an entirely other LONG story) Zoe will have her tubes in until Tuesday. The doc "taught" me how to deflate the balloon in the folley so we will not have to make a return trip as I will do it. I am just not sure if I want to send her to school with all of this in place or not....
thank you all so much for the prayers and well wishes!!!
I can't believe we are almost down to a "I can see the trip coming" countdown. But....didn't I just hit double digits?
I just wish that the trip wouldn't end up flying by too. Sadly though, I know it will. 
Course, the code for the five points came in an email today. 
So glad that Zoe's day went better then your morning trying to get there! And I am totally amazed of having that done and then all she did this afternoon! I bet she loved the shoes, and wahoo on total out of pocket difference 2 cents!
Hope all is okay with Steve tonight. Just tell him you have had enough of hospitals today and he has no choice but be better! Does that work?
