Surgery Day (Waiting)

What a long and draining day. We woke up Thursday morning, as instructed by the nurse to give Isaac his last feeding at around 8:00 am. The operation was scheduled for 11:15 am. Well, the room was packed with kids (running around in hospital robes) waiting for their turns. 12:30 pm ticks by. Still waiting. Isaac went over 4 1/2 hours without eating. That was the most challenging part - denying my hungry 2 month old food. What seemed like forever - Dr. Morales came in to inform us that they were getting ready to take Isaac back.



Bryan wanted to watch the surgery in action but they didn't permit him to. lol

Yet another l.o.n.g. wait............(and it wasn't very reassuring when there was a "Code Blue" over the speakers on our floor of the hospital.

When they came to get us to see Isaac in recovery - my heart just melted. I wanted to hold him so bad just to let him know that his mom and dad were still here. His stitches and stents looked really good - but I felt so bad for him as morphine masked his pain. He looked like a different kid - but he groaned his familiar groan and whined with a squeaky voice. They let me hold him.

In about 3-4 weeks he'll have a follow-up with Dr. Morales. He'll have to have the stents (which are plastic clear tubes) in his nose for a few months. The stitches will dissolve. The swelling will go down.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers

xoxoxox