Finally Home

We just got home at 8PM!!  What a long day.  We left for the hospital at 9 this morning for our 10:30 appt.  We were finally taken back at 11:30 but didn't see the surgeon until 1PM!  My little one hadn't ate since the night before!  She was patient with this though because she knew that she couldn't until after surgery.
Kelina was a trooper.  I was allowed back in the OR with her until she feel asleep with the gas mask.  The nurses had to sing the ABC's for her to make her laugh because she was refusing to breathe in, but she didn't panic or act out.  Mommy was very grateful because it was hard enough to keep my emotions in while she was awake. 
She took a long time to wake up (1 hr 30 min.).  She was not happy when she woke; she wanted to keep her eyes closed and she didn't want to look at Mommy for a little while.  I expected that she would wake up mad.  Soon she was sitting on my lap enjoying a slushy while watching cartoons.
We were finally released at 7PM.  When we got home she proudly showed off her new teeth to her siblings and Grandma and Pap.  Grandma surprised Kelina with a huge adorable stuffed elephant...Kelina's favorite animal has been an elephant since the day we meet her.  She loved it and said "Thank You Grandma!"  really loud and clear.  (The other stuffed animal in the picture is Coke, a little "Coca Cola" polar bear which she loves that actually belongs to Kellan, but he graciously shares with Kelina).  Since we've been home, Kelina hasn't stopped eating!  She can't seem to make up for all those lost hours of not being allowed to eat.