Wyatt had his first (and fingers crossed, last) surgery today. He had hernia that he was apparently born with, but we just noticed it. Everything went well, minus the 3 hour wait prior to the surgery, which wasn't too bad, just long.. Thank goodness for the car for him to play with. His behavior was remarkable considering the limit space for 3 hours! We went around and around this little square to occupy ourselves. The procedure itself took less than an hour. By the time we were able to see him, he was sitting on a nurse's lap talking about dragons. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly suprised to say the least. We came home and except for a little dizziness at first, he was pretty much back to normal. He was ready to watch his new movie (Aladdin) and open his presents from Madeline and Grandma. In fact, those were about the first words he said to us...I want to go home and open my presents!
He seems to be in very little pain - just a few complains here and there. He has been on a pretty regular motrin/tylenol schedule though. We'll see what tomorrow holds. Here are some pictures from today.
Wyatt in his car. They took him up to the Operating Room in this. It kept the tears away...well at least until he was out of our sight.
Wyatt reading Mom a book. I never knew "The Last Lecture" was about Nemo, Dora and a pond.
Wyatt checking everything out.
Dad and Wyatt in the waiting room.
Dad and Wyatt calming their nerves by watching some construction while waiting for our name to be called.
4 comments:
Glad all went well. Vincent had that same surgery a little younger than Wyatt. The hardest part was keeping him off riding toys for the specified time after surgery! Good luck.
What a trooper you are Wyatt! Nick was so new to us when he had his surgery that he freaked out a bit (well, let's just say the nurses were shocked and rushed us out of the recovery room) He was screaming so loudly when we took him to the car that I thought we would be arrested for abuse or child snatching since he didn't look like us! He was fine once we got in the house and laid down with him but wow, what an experience. We are so glad Wyatt did well. We need to do a fall playdate. We have been contacted by another PAP couple for Kaz who want to meet others. I think they live in Owensboro.
Tell Wyatt Hi from Nick! karen
Such a brave boy!! Good job Wyatt, and mom & dad too! :)
Wyatt,
I'm so glad your surgery went well! Thanks for my Mickey Mouse thank you note! I've almost taken all of the stickers off of it! Let's have a playdate soon! I can talk a lot now!
Love,
Madeline
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