So not two weeks later Jersey went to the hospital again for her Herniated Belly-button and some other problems she has had. Can you believe the drama-trauma this girl had to go through within 2 weeks of eachother. So here is the "True Hollywood Story" of Jersey's belly button:
When Jersey was born she had a major "outty" which our doctor said would eventually return to a normal size. It was always huge, enough to call it her "ding-dong" because it was like a doorbell that you could push in (made sense to me...grin). So for the first year we weren't really worried. Durring her second year, we were suggested to see a specialist and when we thought it had started growing we took her in. The doctor told us that it was "Herniated" and that we should have it operated on. She also had been very sensitive in "private" area as well (she wasn't producing enough estrogen) so the doc suggested we take care of that as well. I seriously don't know what is up with this girl. Poor little {J} has had a lot of trauma in her short 2 year time span on this earth. So here is Jerseys 24 hour surgery journey:
Here are a few of our "before" shots. As you can see it was very large and in charge. You could actually feel the fluid in it when you pushed it in. Poor thing...
The side view...
The full frontal view...
Jersey was waiting very patiently while I got us all checked in. She was watching her favorite movie "Buzz" (Toy Story) on her movie player. {J} felt very cool to be able to wear mommy's ear plugs.
Once we got in the surgery area, they had Jersey get dressed in her cute little hospital gown. As you can see she was thrilled by it all...
I must admit, through it all, Jersey did much better than I thought she would. While we were waiting on our doctor, the nurse let Jers play in this little area designated for the little kids. It had all sorts of cool toys, books, games, etc. {J} loved it. She of course got nervous every time a doctor or nurse came in to talk to us. There was one nurse in particular, Jessica, that let Jers decorate her very own breathing thing and she got to put stickers on it and all sorts of fun stuff. This is the car that they wheeled her out into the surgery unit. She was very happy right here, while talking to her "Papa".
As you can, she is all business when on the phone. {J} loved chatting with her "My" and "Papa" and she was very brave right until the nurse wheeled her out of the waiting room and into the doors where I couldn't go. At that time she started to cry and all she could say was "mommy" and was reaching for me. My heart just about broke in my chest and I had to wipe away the few tears that happened to fall. The surgery lasted about an hour. We stayed in the recovery wing for a few more hours and then headed home. All in all, she was a brave little gal.
This picture was taken after she had had her surgery. My heart went out to my sweet little baby girl!
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So here is Jersey a few months later with her belly button that is all better!
As you can see there is a big difference and I think {J} is much happier!
