So here's the dillio people. A few months ago we discovered that little Mason had an extra bone growing in her left thumb. It's actually pretty rare. So the doc recommended that she go for some other tests to make sure it wasn't more serious blah blah blah. Well an echocardiogram and some genetic testing later everything was negative. It was just a complete and total anomaly.
The bone was causing her thumb to grow at a funny angle so the doc said it had to come out. Which it did last Tuesday at Hackensack Hospital. Poor girl had to go under for 3 hrs! But she was a rock start. Didn't really cry at all. I can't say the same for me. She was MUCH MUCH braver than I. That's for sure.
And since she is only 2 1/2 the doc had to cast the whole arm after to ensure proper healing. Otherwise I'm told she would rip it right off. The cast or bandage or whatever. She has to wear it for about 4 weeks and then all will be done. Yay! We have one week down already.
Quick - super cute story - we had to get up super early to leave to go to the hospital. Our original plan was to get Mason out of the room without waking Jacob. But they both knew what was happening and Grandma Sherry came in to help out and watch Jacob. Anyway...Jacob actually awoke earlier than Mason that morning. And when we went to get them up (about 6:15) Jacob was standing up in his crib holding his blue blanky. Then he told Harvey, "I want to give this to Masey to take to the operation." Awwww...I couldn't believe it. It brought tears to my eyes and we hadn't even left yet.
We asked Mason, "Do you want to give your blanket to Jacob?"
"No" she said. Ha ha. Crazy girl. She smiled and decided to give hers to Jacob. So they exchanged blankies for the afternoon. Can you stand it??
All went well. And she's doing great. Much better than you or I would be if we had a cast or reconstructive surgery done. Again, she barely even cried. Not even when they put a mask on her to give her gas to put her out. She cried a tiny bit when she woke up (i think because we weren't even there yet) The nurse came running to get us because little Mason woke up faster than normal. Crazy girl. Then she cried a tiny bit when they removed her IV - but besides that she was a rock star.
Would someone just tell her that she can't climb at the park and do forward rolls. She's insane.
Anyway -- here are some pics from that day. My big brave girl!
Mason and her little purple sock monkey -- pre-op. She waits patiently whilst watching Mickey Mouse.
She snuggles with Daddy in Jacob's blanky....aww...
This is Mason when we got home from the hospital. She is so proud and happy! Literally this is probably 4 hours after her actual surgery. She really is nuts. And brave.
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