Surgery Day

May 12, 2009

Surgery Day !! We woke up about 4:30 a.m. and headed to Phoenix Children's Hospital. We got there about 5:45 and the center opened at 6, so we took a stroll around the beautiful campus. At 6 a.m., we headed into the center to check in....at 6:20, we were taken back to pre-op for them to get some info and check his stats. He started getting fussy since he hadn't eaten since 9 p.m. the night before. The nurse gave him a cute little clown gown to change into and handed me a soothie binky. I dressed him in his little gown and stuck the soothie in his mouth....within minutes, he was asleep. At 7a.m. I watched my 4 month old go through the heavy metal doors that lead to the sterile surgery room. As a tear rolled down my face, I knew that we had made the right decision for him. I went back out to the waiting room...and waited and waited and waited. At about 8 a.m., they called me back to the recovery room. The nurse said that the procedure had gone really well and that she hoped I had brought a bottle since he was starving....lol My little man endured a harsh surgery and was still my little piggy when he woke up....lol He was a super trooper through the surgery !!! I got back to recovery and he was downing a bottle of Pedialyte. The nurse handed him to me and I gave him his bottle. We sat there for another 20 minutes, then they discharged him. We walked out of the surgery center at 8:20 a.m.

His recovery has gone well and he is back to his happy little self :)