Here he is playing waiting for them to call us back.
His surgery took 2+ hours and all they did was go in and cut out the narrow part and reattach it to his kidney. While they were in there they found out that the ureter was kind of routed wrong around nerves and things they had to fix that as well. After his surgery i got to go back and be with him until he moved to recovery, he did so well that they moved him in practically no time. He was so thirsty and drank these bottles so fast, part of the reason they let him go because he was doing so well. He was so sweet and once he woke up enough to notice us he just wanted to be held even though it was kind of awkward with all the cords and tubes. I don't like these pictures but this is what he looked like after his surgery and a few hours afterwards.
Overall he did great, we got to Primary's at 6 in the morning and we were on our way home by 12, we were so shocked, he did so awesome that they were fine with him going home so quickly. For this surgery they typically have to stay one night but his doc thought he would be a good candidate for outpatient and I am so glad he did because he would have been miserable at the hospital since he felt fine.For a week after his surgery he had to have a tube that drained out of his back and that was kind of a challenge because it was GROSS and because he had to wear two diapers, we kept him in a onesie at all times so that he wouldn't be able to pull on it. Here he is later in the day after his surgery for the first BYU football game. We couldn't believe how well he did, I was hoping he would want to be extra cuddly and sit with me all day but he wanted to play like normal. It was only about the time he was due for his first pain medicine that he acted cranky but once he got it he fell right asleep and was the same little boy after that.
He recently had his follow up ultrasound to see if there has been any improvement and it already showed that there was a great decompression which is exactly what we wanted and as of now the doctor said no more follow ups or tests. We are so happy to have this all behind us and very thankful for his doctor, we were very lucky and loved him. He was great.
2 comments:
What a brave little boy (and mama and daddy!) He is so darling!
It makes me cry again to hear you tell story over again. I was hurting so bad that day for all of you! I think it was such a miracle he recovered so quickly!
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