We had to wake up at 4:15am to get to the hospital by 5am. Holden normally has his last feeding at 8pm but since he wasn't going to be able to eat until after his surgery, I woke up at 12am (the last time he could have anything) and nursed him. 4:15am came REALLY early. I am thankful for my mom letting Emma Cate sleep at her house Thursday night and for taking care of her while we were at the hospital.
Holden was smiley and happy while waiting for his surgery. We hung out in pre op for a while and the nurses and doctors were so kind. We got Holden dressed in his HUGE hospital gown and played with him for a bit. Around 6:30 he fell asleep clutching his lovie. At 6:57 the sweet anesthesiologist came to get him. Luckily Holden was asleep on the little hospital crib so I didn't have to "hand him over". I did tear up as he was rolled away but I felt so confident in the doctors.
I cried through the first 15 minutes of his surgery. Its so hard sending your baby off with a stranger! Luckily, the hospital have monitors where you can see the patients' progress from preop to the OR to recovery. The surgery took 45 minutes and Dr. Levy told us it went very well. The repaired hydroceles on both sides. This is sort of gross but I'm writing it for my memory, when they cut into Holden, the fluid shot up above their heads. Dr. Levy said there was so much pressure build up that Holden will probably feel much better now. He also said Holden had on of the biggest hydroceles he had ever seen. After we met with the doctor, we waited for forever to go back and see Holden. After surgery, patients go to the PACU to recover (this is immediately after surgery, they wake up in this unit) and then head to step-down recovery to meet their families. The hospital allows family members in the step-down unit, but for children, they let one family member only into the PACU. The PACU is a funny place. I would just die laughing if I was a nurse in there. Watching/hearing the patients wake up was hilarious. Holden was VERY sleepy. I tried to nurse him but he was so exhausted. He would wake up screaming every now and then and we had to put the oxygen mask next to his face because when he woke up and had a fit, his blood oxygen level would go down. Eventually we were able to meet Daddy in the step down unit where we waited about and hour before being released.
His little IV and oxygen sensor
We made it home easily and my mom met us there with Emma Cate. We tried to feed Holden but he just was not hungry. We spent the entire day laying around being lazy. Holden was pretty much out of it for the entire day. He was pretty groggy on Saturday too but Sunday, he was pretty match back to his normal self :)
my sweet guys
Miss "P" (as her daddy calls her) needed some loving too!
snuggles with daddy
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