Back from Surgery

Well, we are home again after a trying day for Ricki, who is now sleeping. She panicked a bit on our way out of the hospital, as in the elevator going down she saw her eyes in a mirror there (with traces of blood....). Then She threw up in the taxi going home (luckily into a bag), and the driver almost wouldn't take us further. I yelled "Mister, she threw up already, There's nothing left! Would you put a patient after surgery out in this sun?" So he took us the remainder of the way.
I arrived home to find that nothing had gotten in my absence...I guess homes run on moms.....
Of course while there she charmed the staff. My guess is that they have not seen a girl with Down syndrome who shows so much independence. Of course her independence caused a few problems (for example, she kept gripping the blood pressure cuff, which did not allow them to check her blood pressure in advance of the operation). But she was a real trooper, not even complaining when they put an intravenous in!