Hubs, Austin and I woke up very early Thursday morning and headed to AI Children's Hospital. We were blessed to have my mom who spent the night to stay with McKenna.
Once at the hospital, we went to the surgery area and started our check in process. Austin got his ID bracelets and ID # (so we could know where he was in the process they assign a number and then update on tv screens) so did Mickey Mouse who he chose to bring from home.
From there a super nice nurse took us back to pre-op where he had his check up and they determined that he was healthy for surgery! He got into his gown and got his special socks. We had a run down with both the ENT doctor and Ophthalmologist regarding each procedure. Then, met with the anestheiologist and discussed the anesthesia aspect. I have to say that this hospital has the best of the best! I am so thankful that we live close by and have these top notch doctors available for our kids.
Austin then got a spray up his nose of some "funny gas"(best way to put it). In about 2-3 minutes, he was feeling good and relaxing some. He definitely got really, really nervous during the process. It broke my heart.
It was after this point, that he got wheeled back to the OR. We took a minute to gather ourselves and geared up for the wait. It was amazing how quickly the ENT doctor finished his part, he came out and let us know that everything went perfectly and that Austin's tonsils and adenoids were "quite enlarged". Hubs and I headed down to the cafeteria to grab a bite to eat because we knew the eye surgery part would be a longer wait.
After what seemed like hours, we saw the eye doctor come out! I think my sigh of relief could be felt on the other side of the hospital. She told us he did awesome, gave us the details for recovering and that we would be able to see him in about 10 minutes.
I didn't take any post-op pictures because he was in rough shape. He slept most of the time and when the anesthesia wore off enough, he had his gatorade (his favorite) and an Icee. He didn't have any nausea and we were checked out and on our way home by 11:30am. We couldn't believe how fast it was.
It has been a VERY long few days and nights. He has been on a rotation of tylenol and motrin but not sleeping well. My momma heart tells me that the experience of being put to sleep has messed with him feeling comfortable going to sleep. He really just wants to be with us. We are okay with it…for now.
He has been keeping to soft foods and lots of juice. Kids are so resilient and quick healers we are excited to see how having these procedures completed will help Austin in daily life.
McKenna has definitely felt the small changes. She was left with my mom, then my mother-in-law and our daily routines have been destroyed. I took her to the gym (which we do almost daily) and she cried so much they had to come get me…never has happened before. I can just attribute that to her being sensitive to all that has happened.
Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers! We are happy to have it all behind us!
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