A Few First Times for the Sundbloms

So yesterday Nadine had a few first times experiences; first she went under general anesthesia which often leads to many other first time experiences such as brutal honesty with anyone and everyone (e.g. medical staff, total strangers, those you love, ect.) She also had her first surgery when she had her tonsils and adenoids removed.

I supposed that I am blogging because it is one of the few times in my life that someone close to me has had surgery. When I was quite young my mother had her gall bladder removed (on or near my birthday of all days) but I was too young to really understand. Later, as a teenager, my father had knee surgery but I was in an Outdoor Survival class and spent the night of his surgery in a shelter that my "bunkmate" and I made of sticks and leaves.

This experience was different, I was in all of the details of her surgery up until it actually happened. All of this helped me realize just how fragile our lives are. Without the proper treatment a speedy recovery from a procedure as simple as this would be difficult at best. Modern medicine helps prevent mind-numbing pain and drastically reduces the chances of infection. All in all I am grateful that my wife was able to have this procedure as I am sure it will improve her day to day health but more importantly I am grateful to be the man in her life who has had the opportunity to take care of her the last 36 hours.

Pre Operation

Post Operation

In case you care, my first time is this blog which may be considered a modern miracle of sorts. Until now I was convinced that I didn't have anything to share that anyone else would care about.