Praise God! We're done with the worst part (I hope - I know there's always a chance of recurrence). We got E to the hospital this morning at 630, and we were in a room meeting the nursing staff by 7 am. The anesthesiologist talked us out of me going back with him - she said that as a mom herself, it was not a good idea to watch your child basically fight off a nap before surgery. It helped that she whipped out her iPhone (E loves those things - he is constantly trying to get ahold of mom or dad's), loaded a kiddie app (after she wiped it down with antisceptic), and lured him into her arms with the thing. He didn't so much as look back at us as she carted him off. He'd started to get fussy, realizing that he'd missed out on breakfast, but that was gone with the bribe. I'm not sure how I felt about being "replaced" by a smart phone, but he was happy, so whatever.
The resident came to talk to us a little over 45 minutes later. They were able to do the minimal procedures - pinning the naviculotalar joint without a big incision and the achilles tenotomy without a big incision - followed by casting his foot into a flexed position, which meant we were going to be able to take him home today. About 15-20 minutes later, they came to get one of us to go to him in recovery. He took one look at me and burst into tears, although after giving him his pain meds and unplugging him from most of his lines, we decided the constant tears were from hunger. My hubby went down to the car to get his formula (which we almost didn't bring - the directions only said to bring a sippy cup or bottle), and we eyeballed the amount of water to mix in with the formula, and he did end up drinking most of the 8 ounces, so that helped.
We left the hospital by 10 am, and loaded into the car for the trip home. He was able to nap some in the car, but I think when he woke up he was sore - throat, foot, still with the teeth, and did I mention yesterday's onset of the first full-fledged case of diaper rash? It was mostly healed, but still present. We picked up his prescriptions (oxycontin and colace - totally are not going to hurry on that one with all of the poopy diapers yesterday which contributed to the diaper rash), and we decided he'll get his oxy and tylenol in 2 hour intervals for today, and then we'll start to stretch it some tomorrow if he's doing ok. The oxy won't last much beyond that, but I don't expect he'll need it all. He was already doing much better by bedtime - playing some on the floor and putting himself to sleep for bed.
So now I'm relaxing on the couch watching hockey (GO PENS!) and the baby asleep on the video monitor. Hubby picked up Thai take out as a treat for us, and we're each enjoying a glass of wine. For as scary as this morning started out, it's ending up on a pretty good note. Well, the Flyers are currently winning, but there's still time for them to turn that around. G'night!
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