You've heard the song, "A Long Day's Night". Well it was a long night's into day and into night! Andrew woke up at 3 am and did not go back to sleep until about 5 am when we were getting up to take our showers. We hit the road at 6 am and go to the hospital around 6:40. We had to be there at 7. Why we're not sure. My mom and dad came up for the surgery. We really appreciated the support. They helped keep Andrew occupied while we waited and us occupied while we did the same through the long morning.They didn't call us back until close til 8 am. We then went into holding and waited there for about 30 minutes. We had to resign a permit for the circumcision. The surgeon had not brought it with him. Andrew played in the play room and drove the police car around in the holding area even after receiving his happy juice, Versed. My son was driving while impaired. He was driving all over but keeping it pretty well controlled. He tried to run into the wall a few times! Dr. David came by to check on him and took him on back to the OR with him driving the car and her pushing from the back! We really like her! They inserted his tubes first, then Dr. David got to work on his palate. The OR kept us posted on how things were going and who was doing what when. It took Dr. David longer than she had anticipated because it was so wide a cleft. She was pleased with how things went. We'll hope for no fistulas. The urologist then got to do his thing and Andrew rolled into recovery around 12:40 pm. I got to go back about 10 minutes later. Andrew woke up very unhappy. He was sqwalling (sp)! They gave him pain medicine and I was holding him and walking or rocking him. They finally gave him something to relax him and that helped. Praise be to the Lord! We finally got to go to his room after about 2 hours. Kevin and I took turns holding Andrew through most of the night. Morphine and tylenol together seemed to work best. He's really starting to not like the sight of uniforms. Hopefully that will not be the case when he sees me in my uniform later! The days have been long and interesting getting him to eat and drink. He has to be able to do about 75% of what he normally does at home and can only eat soft foods or liquid. We're having to feed him with syrings and not spoons to add to the insult and he can't use his sippy cups!
You've heard the song, "A Long Day's Night". Well it was a long night's into day and into night! Andrew woke up at 3 am and did not go back to sleep until about 5 am when we were getting up to take our showers. We hit the road at 6 am and go to the hospital around 6:40. We had to be there at 7. Why we're not sure. My mom and dad came up for the surgery. We really appreciated the support. They helped keep Andrew occupied while we waited and us occupied while we did the same through the long morning.They didn't call us back until close til 8 am. We then went into holding and waited there for about 30 minutes. We had to resign a permit for the circumcision. The surgeon had not brought it with him. Andrew played in the play room and drove the police car around in the holding area even after receiving his happy juice, Versed. My son was driving while impaired. He was driving all over but keeping it pretty well controlled. He tried to run into the wall a few times! Dr. David came by to check on him and took him on back to the OR with him driving the car and her pushing from the back! We really like her! They inserted his tubes first, then Dr. David got to work on his palate. The OR kept us posted on how things were going and who was doing what when. It took Dr. David longer than she had anticipated because it was so wide a cleft. She was pleased with how things went. We'll hope for no fistulas. The urologist then got to do his thing and Andrew rolled into recovery around 12:40 pm. I got to go back about 10 minutes later. Andrew woke up very unhappy. He was sqwalling (sp)! They gave him pain medicine and I was holding him and walking or rocking him. They finally gave him something to relax him and that helped. Praise be to the Lord! We finally got to go to his room after about 2 hours. Kevin and I took turns holding Andrew through most of the night. Morphine and tylenol together seemed to work best. He's really starting to not like the sight of uniforms. Hopefully that will not be the case when he sees me in my uniform later! The days have been long and interesting getting him to eat and drink. He has to be able to do about 75% of what he normally does at home and can only eat soft foods or liquid. We're having to feed him with syrings and not spoons to add to the insult and he can't use his sippy cups!
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