It happened rather quickly at yesterday's appointment - the fluoroscope looked good, so Dr. Henderson decided for us to move forward to surgery....on Thursday. Less than 48 hours of turnaround. It might be some sort of record (probably not), and it feels so quick, but I'm guessing that's just less time for me to develop a stomach ulcer worrying about general anesthesia. He's a healthy baby, so the risks are low. But the risks are there, and I'll be frank here, it scares the daylights out of me. Never have I prayed over my little boy more constantly than I have these last 2 days. I'm comforted by the prayers I know are going out for him from all of our friends and family, and the fact that I know he's in God's hands.
He's been out of his cast now since about 8:15 yesterday morning, and it's been a little funny to watch him try to figure out what to do with his leg. He figured out the bending the knee pretty quickly, and almost as quickly, he discovered that banging that foot against hard things A) doesn't make the cool sound anymore and B) doesn't feel very good. His skin still doesn't look great, but after the bath last night (that he was initially rather vocally opposed to) and the time out of the cast, it's better. They wanted to give his skin time to heal prior to the procedure (that word sounds so much nicer than surgery) tomorrow. We have to wash his whole body chin to toes in a bottle of antibacterial soap both tonight and tomorrow morning (that should be fun - anyone up for a 6 am bath with a 1 year old?), and of course, nothing to eat after midnight and nothing but clear liquids until 4:30 am. Nothing at all after that, which should be interesting. I think we're going through our 12 month growth spurt a week early, because he's eating almost more than I do at each meal. Then we check in at 6:30, with the procedure (yup. I like that word better.) at 7:30. He's the first one on the docket, and Dr. H was optimistic that it could take as little as 20 minutes, although he said it could take as long as 2 hours if they have to be more invasive. If it's shorter, we go home tomorrow. If it's longer, we stay in the hospital until Friday.
So, that's it. We're packed up, as we're staying with a cousin tonight whose house is only 10 minutes from the hospital, which should help tomorrow morning. Not that I'll sleep much tonight anyway.
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