Bye bye head bubbles!

Well we are at CHOA today and Luci is getting her scalp expanders removed. They were inserted on May 1 and have been gradually expanded via weekly fills over the past 3.5 months so now she has a cute little Minnie Mouse head. Below is a picture of the expanders filled about half way.







The weekly fills(sometimes 2x weekly) were not fun and got more difficult as she began anticipating the ordeal but still, she was a trooper!

Here is Luci coming to Today so you can see what they look like completely filled:








We got registered for day surgery and when it was time for her to drink her "yucky stuff" the fun stopped and Nurse Cratchet came on duty. (That would be me!)

Frankly I would pay good money for a couple doses of the "yucky stuff"...and a nice long nap. For some reason the beauty of a medically induced nap is completely lost on 4th olds.

So Luci decided she wasn't going to drink the yucky medicine. The nurse was great, I mean it looked like a rainbow- 3 syringes, pink (versed) yellow(loritab) and blue (Gatorade chaser)... Pretty rainbow nap juice!

She decided she was going to grit her teeth and squeeze Luci her mouth shut and squeal all at the same time. Luci and I have talks sometimes ( mostly before Dr and dentist visits) about doing the HARD stuff. That sometimes we have to do hard stuff that isn't fun...like shots and taking yucky medicine. We also talk a lot about why we cry..and that it is always ok to cry when you are hurt and if you are scared.

Then there are times when we have to revisit this concept and explain the difference between being hurt/scared vs. being pissed off and mad. Can someone recommend a children's book on that topic, " Sally Pitches a Fit" maybe I should write it!

So, Luci wasn't going to open her mouth and I explained that the really sweet nurse could do it or Mommy would and the nurse is really nice and probably the best choice. Nope, Miss Luci would not cooperate so Nurse Newton took over. With her mouth still closed I got the nap juice in and then the Gatorade shot...and she still thought she was going to hold it all in her mouth. Uggghh...it went down eventually but then of course we are left with a 4 yr old that is mad as hell, until the fun juice kicked in!

Then she went 50 shades of drunk and it was hysterical.

Phase 1: tequila mad...Luci Mad! You no like Luci, Mommy mean, blah, blah

Phase 2: whisky luv:...I love you mommy...I jussa wheelie wheelie lub you...

Phase 3: acid trip: mommy what that shiny up there..that shiny, it so pretty, why it sparkly light? That jussa funny mommy, it funny shiny.

...and then they rolled her down the hall...giggly and happy!

Bye Bye bubble bumps...Luci is off to get her Big Hair " like mommy and Jessie, and GiGi"!


Stay tuned for the AFTER...she should be done any minute now!

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