Well, Drew did well yesterday. We arrived at Children’s at 7:00 am and were efficiently checked in and taken to a playroom/waiting area. From there we went to Radiology for the CT scan of his sinuses. He did pretty well and laid still until the tech reached in to adjust his head…screaming ensued, but the scan was successful. Patrick was able to stay with him during the scan to help soothe the jitters. After Radiology, we were taken to the Outpatient Surgery wing where we were put in a room to await his procedure. The nurse came in to do the preliminary information and told us to do whatever we needed to kill the 3 hours we had to wait. Nana and Grandaddy arrived a few minutes later and between the 4 adults we kept him pretty well occupied. He played in the playroom, walked laps around the 4th floor, watched the Disney channel, walked laps, watched Elmo, walked laps, and took an hour nap. At 11:30 they came in to give him his “happy juice” which made him giddy and relaxed. It was hilarious to watch him. He must have thought we were pretty funny too because he laughed a lot! At 12:15 they came to get us and we all went up to the 6th floor surgery area. We kissed him and off he went. That is when I knew the “happy juice” was a good thing…he didn’t even flinch that he was leaving us behind!
About 45 minutes later the doctor came to talk to us and told us Drew did fine. He did not see any foreign bodies in his lungs (which made me feel much better…what kind of mom doesn’t know their kid inhaled something?!) and was able to suck out a lot of heavy mucus. There was quite a bit of redness, swelling and inflammation in his lungs and airway, which was expected. One place was almost swollen shut but the doctor thinks a round of steroids will open that back up. There are a couple of places that are not shaped quite right, but nothing to really worry about. So now we wait on the cultures from the scope, the CT scan reading and the labs they took (luckily while he was asleep) to see if there is anything abnormal. If all that comes back fine, we will probably proceed to allergy testing next. So really no definite answers but at least nothing came up too horrible!
After we spoke to the doctor we went back to Drew’s room to wait on him. About 15 minutes later Patrick and I both jumped up as we could hear him screaming from down the hall. Drew doesn’t wake up well if there are strangers around and the anesthesia evidently makes them cry as well. We were able to calm him down, have him drink some juice and sit and watch a little Elmo to wake up slowly. His IV was still in his hand as he was receiving an antibiotic through it and he was not really happy about that. Luckily he drank 3 cups of juice and had a slushy so he was able to go home around 2:00. All day he was a real trooper and amazed us with his great attitude.
Drew is now on an antibiotic, steroid, 2 inhalers plus his allergy medicines. We may get to stop some of that based on the culture results which should be back by Tuesday. So we play the waiting game again and see what comes next! He is back to his normal self today which is good to see. No more fever, eating much better than he was, and seems to be quite happy to be at home with his toys.
Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts. We’re on the right track but it’s not over yet!
About 45 minutes later the doctor came to talk to us and told us Drew did fine. He did not see any foreign bodies in his lungs (which made me feel much better…what kind of mom doesn’t know their kid inhaled something?!) and was able to suck out a lot of heavy mucus. There was quite a bit of redness, swelling and inflammation in his lungs and airway, which was expected. One place was almost swollen shut but the doctor thinks a round of steroids will open that back up. There are a couple of places that are not shaped quite right, but nothing to really worry about. So now we wait on the cultures from the scope, the CT scan reading and the labs they took (luckily while he was asleep) to see if there is anything abnormal. If all that comes back fine, we will probably proceed to allergy testing next. So really no definite answers but at least nothing came up too horrible!
After we spoke to the doctor we went back to Drew’s room to wait on him. About 15 minutes later Patrick and I both jumped up as we could hear him screaming from down the hall. Drew doesn’t wake up well if there are strangers around and the anesthesia evidently makes them cry as well. We were able to calm him down, have him drink some juice and sit and watch a little Elmo to wake up slowly. His IV was still in his hand as he was receiving an antibiotic through it and he was not really happy about that. Luckily he drank 3 cups of juice and had a slushy so he was able to go home around 2:00. All day he was a real trooper and amazed us with his great attitude.
Drew is now on an antibiotic, steroid, 2 inhalers plus his allergy medicines. We may get to stop some of that based on the culture results which should be back by Tuesday. So we play the waiting game again and see what comes next! He is back to his normal self today which is good to see. No more fever, eating much better than he was, and seems to be quite happy to be at home with his toys.
Thanks for all your well wishes and thoughts. We’re on the right track but it’s not over yet!
Here are some photos Patrick took with his phone yesterday. They aren't great but you get to see the little man all drugged up!
So cute in his little hospital gown!
Giddy on "Happy Juice!"
"Wow...that's good stuff!"
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