The surgery was successful (I guess…he has a post-op appointment in two weeks). He was such a trooper. Thanks so very much for your kind thoughts, prayers, emails, text messages, etc. We’re very blessed to have so many people that care about out son and love him as much as we do.
We had to get up at 5:00 to be ready to leave at 5:30 to get checked in by 6:00. We didn’t have to wait long before we were taken back to a room where our youngest had his vitals checked and was changed into the stylin’ hospital pajamas.
He got total control of the remote to the in-room TV. He channel surfed for a bit before asking the nurse if he could “on-demand”. There was no on-demand, but the nurse thought that was quite funny.
He was wheeled away from us about 7:30 and had no fears about leaving us. Apparently, he was quite talkative and entertaining until he fell asleep. He had an IV put in, and had his very large adenoids removed, his very full ears drained and tubes put into his ears. Then he went to recovery for a little while until they brought him back to us.
He was still so tired, and had this glazed over look in his eyes. He dozed, drank water and tried to watch TV before giving up, turning the TV off, rolling on his side and sleeping for a while.
He took his stuffed dog, Puppers, to surgery with him where Puppers got a hairnet to keep the surgery sanitary.
After a little while, he had drank enough water, eaten a popsicle, and was able to stand briefly so we were able to take him home. He got to ride in a wheelchair out (which he thought was very cool).
At home, we laid him on the couch, turned on Scooby Doo for him and gave him some Cheerios to snack on. Bryan and I heated up some left-over pizza for lunch and were sitting with him when he suddenly reached over and stole my pizza. He ate two pieces.
He didn’t talk much on Friday (he said it hurt too much.) He didn’t move much either. We thought he would sleep well but at 3:30 Saturday morning he was downstairs trying to color. I was able to get him to go back sleep for a few more hours in our room. Saturday, he talked more, played a little bit and ate and drank like normal.
This morning, he’s not feeling great but he’s up and moving a bit. I’m guessing he’ll be back to 100% tomorrow.
6 comments:
He looks so cute! And what a great recovery - wow. I hope this helps all the infections he's been having, poor guy.
I think it's great that they let his puppy go into surgery with him. So cute. Kids are amazing, they bounce back so quick.
So glad it all went so well. His dog looks darn cute...and so does he!!
thanks for keeping us posted. love the 'on demand'. Ian loved seeing picture of Tony and decided that if he (ian) he'd take Moose).
I'm so glad everything went well. I can't believe he ate 2 pieces of pizza so soon after. He's very handsome Amanda.
It's so great how kids can bounce back...us old people would still be in bed! I'm glad things went well.
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