Brayden's Surgery

Today was the day of Brayden’s surgeries. He had tubes put in both his ears and had his adenoids taken out. This was no fun Brayden or for me and Brett.

We had to leave the house at 6 am to be at check in by 630 am, then his surgery was at 745 am. He did really well in the morning and in the waiting area, but it started to go down hill once we went into the prep area. By then he was tired and hungry and starting to realize that we weren’t leaving anytime soon.

The faculty at the surgery center was so kind and so great with kids. They explained everything to us and could tell that we were nervous and we very kind and reassured us constantly.

They anesthesiologist came and told us how they were going to give him and IV and put him to sleep. Brett and I were really worried about how logistically they were going to do this. He screams and kicks when doctors even walk up to him! They told us once the nurse took him they were going to give him some gas to make him sleepy and then put the IV in once he was all the way asleep. This eased our nervous a little.

Once they took him away we went to the waiting room where I waited while Brett went across the street to get some McDonald’s for breakfast. He was gone no more than 20 minutes and right when he came back they told us we could come see him! It was so fast.

We were able to go back to the recovery area and be with him and this was the worst part of the day. He was so groggy and disoriented from the anesthesia that he just cried and cried! Poor thing. Our heart went out to him. He was confused and didn’t feel good and just let it all out with loud cries. The nurses kept us there for awhile until he woke up a little more and watched him to make sure he wasn’t crying because he was in pain.

Once we were given the ok we were out of there. He cried the whole way home ad started to calm down once we turned in the driveway. He fussed a bit once we got inside because he wanted to play but couldn’t walk on his own without falling over. So, we wrapped him up with Daddy and all his comfort items and watch some good ole’ Thomas the Train and Friends.

He was fussy the rest of the day but ate and slept well. I think all in all it went pretty well. Hopefully this will be then end of ear infections as we know it! Now if we could do the same for Brett…

- Sue -