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Round 2

Drew's surgery went well this morning. We arrived at 7:00am and were again efficiently checked in at Children's Hospital. They have this day surgery thing down to a science! We were sent back to the 4th floor where we had a lovely room complete with the Disney channel. Drew was really sleepy this morning so he just hung out in bed most of the time we waited. We were able to talk to his doctor prior to surgery and he assured us (mainly Patrick) that we weren't doing anything rash by removing the adenoids. After all the questions from the nurse and anesthesiologist, Drew was given his "Happy Juice" and changed into a gown. He watched Little Einsteins and the opening to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while drugged. I think it added an extra dimension to the experience!

We headed up to the 6th floor and gave kisses. Drew went off without a whimper and we went to wait. Our doctor came out about 35 minutes later with the update that things went well. His ears were so full of fluid and it was so thick that he had to change the type of suction he used to get it all out. He said he would never have cleared the fluid on his own and would have fought infections for a long time. The adenoids were a "3" on the scale of 1 to 4 (4 being the worst) so he said it was definitely the right move to take those as well. Most likely it would have been a separate surgery down the line as they would have still given him problems. He encountered very little bleeding and was happy with the surgery.

We went back to our room to wait and it took about 30 minutes for them to bring Drew back. He woke up in recovery very upset and they gave him an extra dose of pain medicine to help. By the time he got to us he was groggy and not too happy. He rocked with mommy for a while and napped and then let us put him in bed to nap for a little bit. After he drank a sufficient amount of juice and proved he could walk fine, they removed his IV needle and let us go home. It was much earlier than we thought which was fine with us! We picked up his prescriptions (ear drops and pain medicine) and some popsicles on the way home. Overall he has had a pretty normal afternoon. We did make a special trip out for some ice cream this evening and he loved that!

We are all looking forward to some time away from doctors after all our follow up visits are completed. We have 3 different visits between now and May 16 so I think Drew will be very excited for a week in Orlando!




Connecting "pass" to your mouth is much more difficult on this stuff!