Not a good day.
Jun. 24th, 2004 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysobelleI got little sleep last night, but that’s over now.
Aside from all that, though, my 16-month-old niece, whom I have to admit is really starting to grow on me (snerk!), had surgery today. I know now I didn’t quite get the whole story beforehand: I’d thought the cyst growing in her head was on her browbone: turns out it was slightly lower, and just above her eyesocket. The best opthalmic surgeon in the area operated on her today, and as my mother informed me, the scar will be mostly hidden in "the crease." I asked my mom, who was Information Central today, what that meant, and was somewhat horrified to find it meant the crease of her EYELID. If that isn’t shudder-inducing, I don’t know what is. And it turns out the cyst was bigger and deeper than they thought going in. Thankfully, the doctor says he got it all.
The good news is, of course, that she’s so young, she’ll forget about it all in due time. The bad news is that, I am told, general anesthaesia tends to give babies nightmares. I know what that’s like. I wish I could spare her that.
I’m tired, I’m down, and I’m just generally in a bad mood. There are far too many things to complain about at this second, so rather than start, I shall end.
Aside from all that, though, my 16-month-old niece, whom I have to admit is really starting to grow on me (snerk!), had surgery today. I know now I didn’t quite get the whole story beforehand: I’d thought the cyst growing in her head was on her browbone: turns out it was slightly lower, and just above her eyesocket. The best opthalmic surgeon in the area operated on her today, and as my mother informed me, the scar will be mostly hidden in "the crease." I asked my mom, who was Information Central today, what that meant, and was somewhat horrified to find it meant the crease of her EYELID. If that isn’t shudder-inducing, I don’t know what is. And it turns out the cyst was bigger and deeper than they thought going in. Thankfully, the doctor says he got it all.
The good news is, of course, that she’s so young, she’ll forget about it all in due time. The bad news is that, I am told, general anesthaesia tends to give babies nightmares. I know what that’s like. I wish I could spare her that.
I’m tired, I’m down, and I’m just generally in a bad mood. There are far too many things to complain about at this second, so rather than start, I shall end.