MAY 22

My little guy had "minor" outpatient surgery done yesterday.

He did amazingly well.

How do you explain to a 6 month old that he cannot eat?

Yeah, he had to fast.

 

No food/drink from midnight on.

Surgery was scheduled for 8:45am.

He didn't get in there until after 10:30ish am.

That was a rough wait for me..

again, he did AMAZINGLY well.

We had some fussing but no outright screaming..poor baby was hungry. 

I felt so terrible.

 

 

This picture was taken around 9am



 

Still fairly happy over an hour later, after taking a short nap.

 



 

Then the wait.

Mike was (is still) away on a work-related trip and so I was there solo.

I had to hand over my baby.

The hospital does not allow parents in the operating room if the child is under 1 year old.

The actual surgery was relatively quick, under an hour, but felt like much, much longer.

 

 

By the time I was able to feed him, Jared had eaten nothing in over 12 hours!

He slept quite a bit yesterday, but in between was pretty much his normal self.

Even with a "minor" or routine surgery, things can go awry. 

I am so, so thankful that all went well.

 

Kudos to those parents and care givers that go through this on a regular basis.