Surgery #2

Some relief taken away, but than again, more stress added.

August 27
Nurse called with time for surgery

August 30

Let's just sum up the night and say .. I didn't get much sleep. The last time he could eat was 3:00. We had to be at the hospital at 6 a.m. and his surgery was scheduled for 7:30.

Rocky slept the whole way there and during registration. Up until the nurse started bugging him and taking his vitals. He hadn't eaten since 3:00 so when he woke up, he wanted food! Well when we unwrapped him to measure him, he had leaked through his diaper, so we hurried and changed him. 5 minutes later, he ended up spitting up all over my shirt, and when the nurse was taking his blood pressure with him on my lap, he was nice enough to leak the doo doo all over my lap :) So we were headed off to a good start!

He was Dr. Morales' first surgery of the day, so we were right on schedule. He went in right at 7:30. Sitting in the Pre-op waiting room was hard for me, and than giving him to the doctor at the double doors. I had to keep myself busy the whole surgery because if I stopped at, my mind would start wandering .. and I would lose it. I was surprised at how short the surgery was. It only took an hour and a half - I was expecting 3 or 4 hours. So that was a relief. Kyle and My mom got there just before the nurse called me back to the recovery room.

Kyle was at school, and they were going around the room telling things about themselves to get to know eachother. It got to him and he mentioned that his son was in surgery right then .. the teacher was very impressed that he was that dedicated to class. He immediately said "I appreciate your integrity ... See ya!" Haha So Kyle actually got to come see him, which was much more comforting for me.

I was surprised at how well I took it when I saw him for the first time. It was harder for me for his first surgery. He definetely looks a lot different and it is hard to see him in this situation. He has his arm restraints on again and he also has a "bow" over his mouth to protect his lips from touching anything. He is just sleepy right now, although he did wake up and was talking to me for about an hour. He will wake up randomly and start crying, but eventually calm down and go back to sleep. I feel so bad for my little boy.. I can't even imagine how scary this much be for such a little guy. And to not be able to talk and tell someone how you're feeling - what's making you uncomfortable. Ah, it kills me!

All is looking good. We will be spending the night and hopefully going home tomorrow afternoon. It all depends on how he is eating and tollerating the pain. He is having trouble figuring out the whole eating thing again, so we'll have to work on that tonight. Other than that, he is hanging in there and looking good!