I happened to notice that you are in Omaha. Is it Dr. Troia that you see? Based on your description of the practice it sounds like it may be. My 3.5 year old daughter just had the surgery last Wed (2/22) with Dr. Sebastian Troia at Lakeside Hospital. I was very, very pleased with his handling of it. Her surgery was at 7:30 and we left about 11. She was very sleepy most the day. She did throw up once at the hospital and again at home in the afternoon. She was able to eat some soup for dinner and keep that down. One thing I recommend is bring a change of clothes to the hospital with you. My dd threw up all over her jammy bottoms so the nurse had to find some pants for her to wear home! She did have a little of the bloddy tears that the PP mentioned. Her eyes look terrible right now, a lot of blood red in the white area but that is normal we were told. She got a shot for pain while she was still in recovery and we gave her a little Tylenol that evening but she hasn't complained since. She returned to preschool Friday and is acting totally normal. We go in on Monday for a follow up exam. I think the worst part has been putting the antibiotic eye drops in the last couple days. She HATES that!
My dd had ear tubes put in on 1/10 and she never got sick or anything from the anesthesia that time but I think she was under a little longer for the eye surgery as well as the possiblity of the eye imbalance that made her nauseous.
We have been doing the patching since July and she's had glasses with prism lenses that last month but it hasn't corrected it. So far the surgery is looking great and she will not need to wear glasses or anything anymore.
Overall I am very pleased with Dr. Troia. He even gave us his card with his home phone number on it after the surgery so we could call with any questions. He really stressed for us to call too! Haven't had to though.
Good luck!
Shelley