Wow...it has been very quiet in here hasn't it? I hope all you other ladies and babies are doing well.
Emma - So you've ordered an amber necklace? HAs it come yet? I got mine at a baby expo from Amber 4 U. Hopefully you'll find it makes a big difference for T.
B's surgery went really well. They were thankfully able to do the easy one, so we were in and out in one day. And I have to say B was such a little trooper. He was SO fantastic. He ended up being an hour later into surgery then what he was suppose to due to complications with one of the surgeries before us. So he was without food from 9:30 (last breastfeed) until 3:45 (when he went into surgery) then he didn't wake up to feed until 7:30 at night And he was SO GOOD. He played in the toy room for ages (he was admitted at 11) then I got the nurse to watch him for a bit while I expressed and she had him laughing and giggling. Then I tried to put him down for a sleep but he kept trying to feed, so we went back and played in the toy room some more. At about 3 he had a good old wail but only for about 5 minutes, then he was good again. Everyone in the children's ward commented that they couldn't beleive how good he was being. Then he got prepped for surgery, I was able to go in with him. And the assistant anesthatist asked if I wanted to go in with him while he was put under. Which I thought was fantastic. It was really hard to watch, but I didn't want him to go to sleep with a whole bunch of strangers and be scared. They put the mask on his face and he got a bit panicy, but I talked to him and he calmed down, then he fell asleep. That was reallyh hard. They warned me about what would happen, but hearing it is different from seeing it. It tongue stuck out and he started to twitch and he peed and pooped then I kissed him and had to leave. I was called back in to recovery at 5:30. He was sound asleep in one of the nurses arms and had all the rest around him. They were all amased at how good he was too. Apparently most children when they wake up from anasthetic they scream and cry and are really upset because they are so disoriented. He woke up, did a little whinge, one of the nurses picked him up expected him to scream and kick and he looked at her winged one more time then cuddled into her and fell asleep. I had to get into a recovery bed then I was able to hold him while they monitored him for another half hour. Then we went back to our room on the childrens ward. He wasn't allowed to be released until he had fed without vomiting and peed. He finally woke up at 7:30 and fed, kept it down and peed at about 8:30 so we were home by 9 that night.
He's doing really well now. It hurts him when he pees, and he won't commando crawl anymore (I am assuming because it also hurts) but apart from that you'd hardly know he had surgery on Monday!
And he was SO GOOD. He played in the toy room for ages (he was admitted at 11) then I got the nurse to watch him for a bit while I expressed and she had him laughing and giggling. Then I tried to put him down for a sleep but he kept trying to feed, so we went back and played in the toy room some more. At about 3 he had a good old wail but only for about 5 minutes, then he was good again. Everyone in the children's ward commented that they couldn't beleive how good he was being. Then he got prepped for surgery, I was able to go in with him. And the assistant anesthatist asked if I wanted to go in with him while he was put under. Which I thought was fantastic. It was really hard to watch, but I didn't want him to go to sleep with a whole bunch of strangers and be scared. They put the mask on his face and he got a bit panicy, but I talked to him and he calmed down, then he fell asleep. That was reallyh hard. They warned me about what would happen, but hearing it is different from seeing it. It tongue stuck out and he started to twitch and he peed and pooped then I kissed him and had to leave. I was called back in to recovery at 5:30. He was sound asleep in one of the nurses arms and had all the rest around him. They were all amased at how good he was too. Apparently most children when they wake up from anasthetic they scream and cry and are really upset because they are so disoriented. He woke up, did a little whinge, one of the nurses picked him up expected him to scream and kick and he looked at her winged one more time then cuddled into her and fell asleep. I had to get into a recovery bed then I was able to hold him while they monitored him for another half hour. Then we went back to our room on the childrens ward. He wasn't allowed to be released until he had fed without vomiting and peed. He finally woke up at 7:30 and fed, kept it down and peed at about 8:30 so we were home by 9 that night.
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