Mission Accomplished, Goodbye Tonsils! **update at bottom**

Look at my new bracelet, Mommy and Daddy have mathching ones.

In the pre-op room, things are all good
Afterwards, not a happy camper!
In our own roomI love my daddy!
Trying some pudding and a smile for mommy, not too many of these today!
Look at the cute brown bear that the hospital gave me!

We are here at the hospital, its about 12:15 pm, we arrived at 6:30, surgery was at 7:30. Myah did very well, she was a bit leary about going this morning. She cried when they took her away from me and at 8:10 Dr H came out and filled us in on her successful sugery. He said her tonsils and adenoids were huge! He also gave us some new information, he said that when he got in to remove the adenoids he realized that she had a deviated ( i think) uvula, and that she has a soft pallate which is indicative of a cleft pallate. He asked it we had heard this information before and we told him that we hadn't. He said that her pallate had closed itself but still was a bit soft, so he was very careful when removing the adenoids. We are still digesting this information. It is no accident that we were placed with Myah. I can't even imagine if she had a cleft while in China, there is a chance that she would have never been our daughter, she would have been considered special needs and we may never have been matched with her. I can't imagine this little girl without us as her parents. It will take a while for my mind to wrap around that fact. Bless her heart, she is tough as nails. She was crying very hard when we were able to go back to recovery, the nurse said that she came out of the drugs very quickly. That is Myah, she won't sleep if she is afraid she will miss something. It warmed my heart that my holding her and singing to her calmed her right down. We are in a beautiful new wing of the hospital, it is so nice, we have a huge private room, a flatscreen tv with dvd, vcr., a playroom, family room, there was even a teddy bear waiting for Myah on her bed for her to keep. Everyone is so nice. They brought us up meals, Myah actually is drinking some apple juice, has had a little sherbert and wanted some rice! She is just now nodding off to sleep finally, she has been fighting it. She is very sore, she isn't talking at all and won't let us look in her mouth, but we are getting a few smiles here and there. She did take a drink of water and started to cry owie owie! She was so cute before her surgery they had her play with her oxygen mask, it was pink and smelled like bubble gum, she grabbed it and said "let's call Dayton". She finally has the cool gadgets for a change! We are going to bring him up here in a little while, she will be glad to see him I have a feeling. We will come home sometime tomorrow if all goes well. Until then, we are watching NiHao Kailan and Dora over and over! Thanks so much for all the love and support for our family! Here are a few pictures from the days events.

***Update**** It is now 7:30 is pm and 12 hours past surgery. Myah is still doing well, she is running a temp of about 102 but they are giving her meds to keep it down. She is very mellow, not talking or smiling much any more at all. Big brother Dayton came up to visit and she cracked a smile when he brought her a balloon and a little Dora doll from the giftshop. She is still trying to eat a little bit. She has slept a little bit today but not much, hoping she has a good night. She has a bit of chest congestio and tries to cough and I know it is killing her to. She got to take a little ride in a car/cart to see the pretty aquarium down the hall. I am loving the peace to be honest. She is so calm and I am getting meals brought to the room, I have no chores to do but to sit and hold my little girl. I love that her heart rate calms when I am holding her, just makes me melt knowing that I am that person in her life that calms her. Thank you so much for your emails and comments, they are just melting my heart. I loved the calls from family and my good friend Sherry while on vacation in San Diego. I also want to thank Lori and Sheri & Sarah for the packages, Myah even cracked a smile when she opened them. Well, I need to run, I might post a few more pics later on if I am up to it.