Rachel's Hand Surgery

As you all know Josh and I found what felt like her bone popping out of her hand sometime around July or August. Her doctor suggested we see a specialist. We went to the Orthopedic clinic and she told us that it was a mass of abnormal cells and that we should get it removed. Josh and I opted to have that done.
Today was the big day. We had to be at the hospital at 5:30am, boy, was that early! We got to the hospital on time and checked her in. After a little bit we were taken to a room where they weighed her (19.5 lbs) and checked her blood pressure, she was perfect, well a little cranky. Then we were taken to a room where we waited for the doctors to come in a talk to us. I changed her into her hospital pajamas and watched "Aurthur" while we waited.
The anesthesiologist came in at asked us questions about her medical history and told us the possible side affects that she could experience and asked if we had any questions. Of course Josh did. After he left the assistant surgeon came in and introduced himself to us and looked at Rachel's hand. After him a nurse came in and gave her some "goofy juice" which helped her relax for the anesthesiologist. Right when the medicine was starting to kick in her surgeon, Dr. Theresa Wyrick, came in and talked to us for a little bit. It was so cute, Rachel let her hold her and was talking to her. Then we put her in her little bed and watched her get rolled off to surgery.
While we waited we went and had some breakfast and talked with some other parents who were also waiting on their child. The receptionist at that floor was a gentleman who had been oversees working with the police and was eager to talk with Josh about his experiences. Josh is not a shy person by any means. That hospital was very good and we enjoyed our time there.

When Rachel's surgery was over her doctor came out to us and told us how she did. She said that we was amazing and everything went very smoothly. Josh asked her what she thought the mass was. She told us that is was some kind of cyst, I don't remember the name she used, but she said that in between her tendons there was a tunnel that fluid would run down and an opening was there that caused a build up of fluid and other tissue. They were able to fix it so that it shouldn't happen again.

Once Rachel was awake we were able to see her in the Recovery room. She was still so sleepy. I was shocked to see this massive cast on her little arm. It covers her fingers and goes all the way over her elbow. She'll need to wear it for a week while her wound heals. We moved back to our original room and tried to get her to drink some water. We ended up needed to get a Popsicle for her to take any liquids. She loved that thing. Once she drank water we were good to go. We went and got her pain meds and drove home.
She is now asleep in her crib. Now I am wondering how I'm going to put a shirt on her with this cast. Oh well. Thank you all for your prayers and support.