Trinity's Special Day

This week, Feb 1, Trinity had her very own real Children's Hospital adventure :) Because the ultrasound + evaluations she had in December confirmed a hernia present in her groin area, she was scheduled for surgery to repair the muscle wall as well as repair a herniated umbilical cord which she had since birth. We spent weeks building up how cool it was that Trinity was going to have her own special day, complete with her very own set of PJ's, a trip to the toy room, her own bubble gum mask, and OF COURSE the recovery popsicles! In fact, we did such a good job promoting the whole thing, that Trinity was downright GIDDY to get the day started! The 4 of us trekked out early in the morning, under a serious ice storm advisory we should add, all with great expectations of a blessed + safe day of peace + healing.

 Car ride to Children's...Aunt Zara, you'll note the Crammer! Gotta have it for these days :)

 Beep beep...beginning driver coming through :)

 Getting checked in to her pre-op room

 TADA! Special Miss Trin PJ's! 

These have become famous at our house, so it's a BIG DEAL to have a pair of your own :)

 Oxygen level check

 More nurse exams... she's getting comfy with her blankies :)

 Watching TV while we wait

 She's got control of the remote...for now...Daddy's infamous for usurping that one!

 She likes that the volume comes through the remote :)

 Heart + lungs check

 Belly check

 OFF TO THE TOY ROOM!!!!

 Found the perfect prize

 Daddy showed her how to use her cool new ribbon

Can you tell she's excited? haha

 Hangin out in the waiting room

 Post-op popsicles for everyone!

 Trinity was NOT happy to wake up feeling yucky, let alone without Daddy or Mom or Samuel around

 Kind of awake :)

 Everyone doing the "Trinity" face...hehe

 

 Big brother holding her hand as we're leaving the surgical unit...

Awww...such a cool team

And, finally after a long day (Samuel still had 2 hours of therapy after her surgery), at home recovering in bed... PRAISE GOD for a trouble-free procedure, all is well, she is completely healed with no complications ...she may not look it, but she's very grateful to be home with her whole family + being loved on extra special today :)