Post Surgery

Well, we made it, and with flying colors so far.. This morning Jace had surgery to have tubes put in his ears and his adenoids removed. We were there at 6AM (thank goodness the surgery center was close by) and Jace was none the wiser. Steve kept saying he felt bad that he did not know what was going on, I was just thinking thank goodness he does not, as it would have been that much more stressful to have scared parents and a kid. By 7AM he was back in surgery. For the adenoids he had to have general anesthesia and a breathing tube which was the scariest part. Well 45 minutes later the doctor was calling for the post op review- he was glad we removed the adenoids- they were very enlarged and covered in puss (I know, yuck). After he came out of the anesthesia he was not very happy, so the car trip home he did not want to be in a carseat. He kept drinking water which made me nervous that he would be sick since I tend to have some nausea with anesthesia, so the car ride home was long even though it lasted 20 minutes. At home he was still out of it which made for a very unhappy Jace for a little longer. After walking him around for a bit he fell asleep hard on Steve's chest and we could put him down in his crib to sleep it off.

He woke up at 11:30 a new little man. He was laughing, playing, and hungry! He ate two bowls of oatmeal, which again made me scared since they had told us clear liquids, milk and then food and we skipped the milk part since he was so hungry (he was climbing the chair to get into his seat). The rest of the afternoon we just hung out- even went for a walk to find the local ducks and feed them. I kept telling Steve he was supposed to be taking it easy as they wrestled and were running to catch ducks. For dinner he scarfed down two scrambled eggs, applesauce and pudding. He did real well the rest of the day- he got sleepy early which was expected and not too happy with the ear drops, but that was much better than we expected.

Here are some pics from the day..