If you missed the back story, you can read it here.
We got up bright and early this morning to get to Kaiser by 6:30 am. Andrew was a happy camper like normal and smiled at everyone he saw. We started in admitting, then went immediately to pre-op where they weighed him, took his pulse ox, temp, etc and gave him some medicine to help him relax (Tylenol with codeine and a two others I didn't recognize). In the 20 minutes this was happening, he'd already "met" about 15 nurses and doctors charming them with smiles, high fives, and bumps. There were several seniors around us having out patient surgery done and I'm sure they were probably annoyed at the amount of attention Andrew was getting. He was given a doctor teddy bear that he held on to tightly.
Anyway, he was happy and being fun. Dave and I were calm. After talking to the surgeon and anesthesiologist, Andrew was just barely getting tired looking but it was time to go. He willingly went with the RN without tears (I have just a brave boy) and we went back to the waiting room at 7:30 am.
A very long 15 minutes later, we were taken to recovery. When we walked in Andrew was up and wiggling around in the RN's arms trying to get down. He was happy to see us, but irritated that the pulse ox thing was still on his toe. We did our best to distract him (dog app on Dave's phone, apple juice, the iPad) and keep he calm. It was clear that the "drugged" sensation was completely worn off because he honestly just wanted off my lap to walk/run/climb.
We talked to both doctors about his surgery. They reported he was perfect, only needed the mask (vs. the IV) to go to sleep, and now has three stitches in his tongue to put it back together. As much as he may find the snake look cool as a seventh grader, this mommy is glad it is back together! We were given discharge instructions (liquids only today, soft diet for Thursday, soft diet/normal food if he'll take it after that, Tylenol every 4 hours for pain, don't let him play with it) and out the door by 8:30.
As he was getting in the car seat, he saw a baggie of Cheerios and quickly let us know he was hungry NOW. He polished off a baby food pouch within 30 seconds and then finished an apple sauce packet, but really wanted the Cheerios and was mad at me that I wouldn't let him have them.
When we got home, he was still wobbly, but showed no signs of slowing down and was climbing onto furniture within two minutes of walking in the door. This video of Andrew and Reese is from 10 am (2.5 hours after surgery) just so it's clear that he's "good."
Go Andrew! So glad to hear everything worked out so well. Xavier hates the toe cuff too - he tolerated the iv in his wrist (and the board his hand was strapped to and the giant diaper that covered the whole thing) but refused to accept the teeny-tiny toe cuff!! Here's hoping the boys behave themselves for awhile. The moms could really use a break!
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