Preparing for Surgery 1

There is so much to do to prepare for Savannah's surgery. We worked on re-arranging her bedroom today to help accommodate her and me while she is in her cast. I wanted her changing table/dresser closer to her bed, so I didn't have to run back and forth to get all the supplies I need to change her diapers and padding. The last time, we had 2 different size diapers, medical scissors, medical tape, scotch tape, poise pads, and another kind of tape like stuff we were instructed to use around the edges of her cast. Not to mention all the vaseline, diaper creams, etc, that I have to keep handy to try and prevent diaper rash and ulceration of her hemangioma while in her cast. All this stuff was either on or in her changing table/dresser, and it will be the same this time around. That's why I don't want it across the room from where I will be changing her diapers.

We are also thinking of putting a twin sized bed in her room for one of us to sleep on at night. Since Savannah normally sleeps with us, and it's already crowded in our bed, I don't think there's anyway we are all three going to fit comfortably in our bed, so somebody will have to use the twin bed while the baby and the other person sleeps in our bed. We will probably alternate so that we each get a fair amount of nights in our own bed.

I actually made a list of everything we are going to need to get for the day of the surgery and for after the surgery when we get back home. I couldn't sleep one night after we found out, so I made a list on my notebook on my cell phone until I finally fell asleep. I am going to devote a whole new entry for my lists because this one is long enough. I want to write it somewhere besides my cell phone for my own records. I will probably do that tomorrow sometime.

I am going to bed now and I am going to try to get some sleep. There's just so much to do, and my brain is going 90 to nothing if you KWIM! I am sleepy though, so I think I can actually sleep tonight.