In surgery

Alex's 4 am wake-up today actually was fortuitous as it allowed her plenty of time to wake-up and get settled into the day before our 6:15 check-in at the hospital.  She asked for breakfast but didn't put up a fuss for not getting any, despite the fact that she had been too sleepy to eat dinner last night (luckily we had a big lunch yesterday, but even so--that is being quite the trooper in my book!).  She seemed mildly anxious in the pre-op room but the child life specialist came in and brought an ipad for her to play on, and that cheered her up and she was calm for the anesthesiologist and went to sleep quickly.  They made the incision about an hour ago now and it will be another couple of hours until she is out of surgery.