BUENO TWINS: Cast Change

Last week Ashlyn got her cast change, which means we are half way there! I have to say having a child go into surgery is such a hard thing. No matter what the surgery is for the fact that they are in an operating room while you wait down the hall to hear how it went just turns your stomach into knots. The first time Ashlyn went to have the hip surgery done it took 3 hours! Basically you wait in this room while nurses come in get her vital signs, ask the same questions over and over again. Her doctor comes in to see if we have any more questions and he KNOWS me so well so of course I have my list of questions ready. Then its GO time! We walk down the hallway us holding Ashlyn while one of the nurses pushes her crib. We get to these double doors and this is where we say good bye to her. This is THE hardest part of all. Of course she doesn't want to go in the crib she wants to be held, to be loved and she starts crying. We hug and kiss her and I am doing everything I can to be strong so the tears don't stream down my face that will just make her more of a mess. We hand her over to a nurse who seriously acted like she had never held a baby before. I mean come on my child is screaming show some compassion. The nurses start walking towards the double doors the doors open and we just see Ashlyn crying and her eyes are just fixated on us and there is nothing at this point we can do she is on her way to the operating room. The double doors close and I just loose it and grab onto Jeff and just cry. Now fast forward to last week. I knew what to expect although still not easy I knew what was next. This time we got a nurse who adored Ashlyn, who wanted to hold her when we handed her over and although Ashlyn still screamed as she was being taken away I was able to take a deep breathe and tell myself it was a cast change no surgery and in ONE hour she would be in recovery. Its never easy and its so hard on everyone involved. Thankfully Ashlyn forgets about it all as soon as she sees us again. As for us its a memory we will share with her in years to come.

Here she is in recovery with the oxygen mask still on. Ahh sweet baby girl!

Still looking a bit foggy, but she woke up very well in recovery

There's her thumb

Of course Jeff had her laughing in no time after this picture was taken he can always get her to smile:)

The girls don't miss a beat this was them when we got home. Jillian loves to have Ashlyn drag her around the house.

I'm ready to play!

A couple of weekends ago we all attended a wedding. It was at the Vintage Steakhouse in San Juan Capistrano. Here is Jillian ready to go with her cell phone with her in case anyone needs to get a hold of her.