Emma's Trip to Salt Lake City for Surgery

Well some people knew about Emma's surgery in Salt Lake City and some of you may have not. We apologize for those of you, who we weren't able to tell. But we were accepted at the Shriner's hospital in Salt Lake City for surgery on her hand to hopefully make it more functional. So we loaded up the car on Sunday and took another trip to Salt Lake for the surgery Monday morning.

Here is Emma with her steering wheel driving (us crazy) to Salt Lake City Utah.

Emma is wondering why it is taking so long to get to SLC Utah.

Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet, Are we there yet..................................

Shriner's Hospital parking lot overlooking Salt Lake City at 0545 am Monday Morning.

Emma was lucky to be the first little girl to have her surgery Monday morning. Emma's In/Out patient room at 0600.

' WHAT ARE MY PARENTS GETTING ME INTO? '

Emma's Surgery - cont'd

While Emma was in surgery for about an hour and a half. Emma's mom and I went and ate down in the cafeteria. It wasn't bad for what we had to pay for it, except the salsa Jenn put on her hash browns lit our mouths on fire. HOTTTTTT!!!!!!!

We walked around the hospital and wanted to take some pictures. The hospital is small and pretty fancy.
This is the front entrance to the hospital .


These statues of children were out front, it really reminded us of all the statues on Shamain Island in Gaungzhou, China.

This statue was to the left of the main entrance, with the cafeteria off in the distance.

After an hour an twenty five minutes we got a page on one of those restaurant style pagers, and that was our signal that her surgery was done, we were supposed to meet the doctor in her room, which we were already in. So the doctor came and talked to us saying everything went just fine and that they would bring her back to the room in a while.

Emma back in the room after surgery with a new blue blanket, stuffed birdie, pink wrapped hand and red light on her right finger, and wanting to see her mommy and daddy. She wanted to be held and cuddled but had to stay in her crib for a little longer.

Emma and Mommy after her surgery.

More Pictures after Surgery

After several cups of juice and some apple jacks cereal, the nurse found a wagon and sent us to the cafeteria to get some lunch for Emma. She ate some chicken and mac and cheese, and drank some apple juice . After lunch we went for a tour around the play area.

We also toured around the floor rooms and met a little Mexican girl and her mom. We stopped as the little girl waved to Emma. She started jabbering away to Emma in Spanish. Emma just sat there and stared. The mom started interpreting for us, so we just smiled and waved to her. She was a little cutie.

Emma waiting for her nurse to come and discharge her.

These monsters were waiting for all of the patients entering the operating room. (interesting place for the monsters to be placed, luckily Emma was feeling the Valium the nurse gave her by this point. ) ( the picture was after the surgery.)

All went well for Emma and her mom and dad. We were at the hospital before 0600 am and left by 100 PM. Emma is back to normal, and can't wait for her last appointment in 4 weeks, for a follow up.

We were very impressed with the hospital and all they did for Emma. We haven't seen her hand yet and won' t until we come back or have to replace her bandages, but we were very pleased at all the care from all the doctors and nurses.

We will head back to Nampa tomorrow after a GOOD night of sleep.

WHEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!