Ryan's surgery

Hi,

Ryan's surgery went really well. We got to the surgery center right at 6:30. Pastor Randy was already there and greeted us. Ryan snoozed on me in the chair until about 6:50 or so. About 7, Ryan and I went back to do some paperwork. Wow, it was nice, they already had everything printed up, we just signed a couple of things and were on our way back out to Daddy and Pastor Randy. We sat down for maybe 10 minutes and they called us back to get him ready for surgery. Nana walked in just as we were getting ready to go back to get him ready for surgery.

We went back, weighed him and went to our little curtained area. Ryan must have remembered something from last time. He started whining when we stepped back there. He didn't want to take his pj top off or let the nurse listen to his chest. We had the same anesthesiologist again. That was kinda reassuring. Dr. Knox was already in the building, so Patrick went and got Pastor Randy and he came and said a blessing over Ryan. We all had tears in our eyes when we headed back to the waiting room at 7:31 am. Nothing worse than hearing your child scream Mommy, Daddy and you are completely helpless to go to them! They should really start letting a parent suit up and go back with them until they are sleeping. All in all, we were back there for about 15 minutes. What a change, last time, we spent at least an hour in the pre-op area.

The nurse came and got us at 7:58 to talk to Dr. Knox. Dr. Knox said the adenoids were "huge and nasty" and needed to come out. He was really surprised at how nasty they were. Ryan's ears weren't bad, some mucus left in them, but the antiobiotic had done it's job.

We waited maybe another 5 minutes and then we got to go see the little bug. He was crying Mommy, Mommy and then Bebe.... He wasn't really awake yet, but just burrowed down into me once I picked him up. We had another surprise, the same recovery nurse, Ms. Hermonine. They moved into a nice room with a tv, but Ry really wasn't interested in watching. They gave him some Demerol for the pain and then some tylenol a little later. We were in recovery about an hour. We headed home with him about 9:10 am.

Ryan is doing well. He did take a nap, and he has to nap on me. He has pretty much quit whining, however, he does have to be in the same room with me at all times.

Thanks for everyone's prayers, text messages, phone calls, emails, etc. They are greatly appreciated.

Well, our supper is ready... time to get the boys to eat.

Love,
Deb