Surgical funnies

Sep 7th, 2007 by Accidental Thinker

Kids are so funny when it comes to anything medical. I had a little minor surgery yesterday, and in talking with Maia about it beforehand, I learned that she “outsmarted” the doctors and nurses the last time she had tubes in her ears. The anesthesiologist had apparently told her that he was giving her laughing gas to help her sleep. But it didn’t really make her laugh, so she fake laughed anyway to avoid disappointing everyone. Silly kid!

But I guess I didn’t do a good enough job of explaining the nature of my own surgery, because when my parents picked her up from school, she wanted to know if I was still going to look the same. You gotta wonder sometimes what’s going through their imaginative little brains.

I also learned something really sweet about my husband yesterday, while we were waiting in the pre-op area. I always knew he was sentimental, which is one of the things I love about him, but yesterday I found out that he’s been carrying around mementos from our wedding in his briefcase for the last 13 years. Yes, I think I definitely landed a keeper.

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7 Responses to “Surgical funnies”

on 07 Sep 2007 at 1:43 pm1cassie-b

I hope things went well.

Cas
Little kids certainly are funny. I always enjoy stories about them.
on 07 Sep 2007 at 3:01 pm2Jolynn

Your husband is sweet. You are very lucky. What a wonderful thing to discover.
on 08 Sep 2007 at 11:20 am3Paul Nichols

“Keeper” is a small word to define such a big man. And I mean man.
on 08 Sep 2007 at 8:02 pm4Miss Cellania

That’s so sweet about your husband. What a guy!
on 11 Sep 2007 at 7:06 am5Herb

You never can tell what kids are thinking, even when you try to make it painfully clear. Hope all is well, BTW.
on 13 Sep 2007 at 3:12 pm6LAZY

Monique ~ Sounds like the WHOLE family are keepers to me! CUTE stories! THX! ~ jb///
on 15 Sep 2007 at 1:11 pm7Mindy

Hi Monique! I’m catching up on blogs today. I hope you are doing well. I also posted a new post with some pictures.