Her Her-nia

So Brynners has had an Epigastric Hernia since she was born and her doctor told us that this type of hernia doesn't heal on its own. In fact they get bigger and more dangerous with time so last Friday she had a scheduled surgery on her tummy to get it fixed. It was very hard for mommy & daddy to watch her leave by herself for the surgery and she was very upset that we would do such a thing. The surgery went great and her body has been recovering quite well. She came out of the surgery and snuggled with mommy for a couple of hours until she could walk and use the bathroom and then she came home and slept/watched movies/drank jamba juice and sucked on popsicles.

Brynn before surgery (pics taken with phone)


There was another child screaming bloody murder (coming off anesthesia) in the room next door before her surgery so she was wondering what in the world was going to happen to her.



The only thing we have been wondering is if the surgeon did another surgery while she was in there that we don't know about... to somehow change her personality. The day after the surgery she started showing signs of a very short temper, yelling, attitude beyond belief, and a hair-raising mouthful of words that she didn't learn from us ;). For the last week... as soon as Daddy comes home, I run and hide and pray for more patience than I can possibly come up with on my own. I know she is uncomfortable and also hasn't been able to be going, doing, jumping like she loves to. We've tried our best to be patient and think of fun things to do at home while her tummy heals.

A special Thank-YOU to Auntie Ellie and Soph-Soph who brought over a 100 piece puzzle that she loves and a butterfly craft project she had lots of fun doing. (look at that angelic face... you aren't going to believe me now are ya.)


And also THANK-YOU to Gramma and Grampa Miller for bringing over a mini-bake set. She spent a couple of hours making a mini-double-layer-vanilla & chocolate cake with sprinkles and has big plans to make a double-layer-carrot-cake for Easter.



Her tummy after a week.