Molly's "Surgery"

I know I told a few people about Molly's "Surgery", but for those that didnt know, she had it yesterday. It wasnt anything major at all. She had to have 8 cavities filled. Now, for the typical child they would do it under laughing gas and novocaine in the dentist office, but of course, since she is my child she couldnt be typical. :) We tried the laughing gas route, and she almost had a small stroke. She flipped. I had claw marks to prove it. The dentist told me that our only other option was general anesthesia in the OR. This opened a whole can of worms. For those, that dont know, Molly has epilepsy. And, of course, its not your run of the mill epilepsy, she has a not so common type called Complex Partial Epilepsy. So, basically, we had to consult about 134,658,762 doctors about this simple simple procedure (basically, this happens weekly..I have to just about contact everyone and their brother when I need to give her tylenol...god forbid she were actually really sick). And, of course, no one has a clear cut answer on how, when, or where to handle things. I ended up having to take her to another dentist that specializes in children that operates in the hospital setting and his office might as well be on the other end of the earth (he is in Green Valley). Normally, they would just take care of this in a surgery center setting. But, no...not my girl. It was decided by her neurologist, that the safest place for her would be Sunrise Hospital because the probablity of her having a seizure when coming out of the anesthesia was pretty significant. When someone is put under it is impossible for them to have a seizure then because they are paralyzed all over, so it stops all seizure activity...and when they wake, the brain activity is at a high point, thus causing a higher chance of having a seizure. So after many days of going back and forth with the peed, the neurologist, the dentist, the anesthesiologist, and the janitor we came to the conclusion that we wouldn't medicate her before the surgery (morning of). Now, this was quite scary to me. LONG LONG story and one almost heart attack on my part short, the surgery took an hour and a half. It went super well except for when she came out...she got really pukey and ended up having a seizure, but everyone was prepared and they gave her IV anti-seizure drugs and all was well. She was pretty dopey yesterday, not so much from the anesthesia, but from the IV anti-seizure drugs. They are pretty potent. Today, she is pretty much back to normal...still taking it easy, more from a neurological stand point than anything...but all is well....

Wow, I didnt realize I got so long winded....oh well.