Our Little Patient

Our sweet baby Carter had surgery yesterday to have his circumcision REdone. Yes, it is very frustrating but it was not done right the first time so we had to get it fixed. Anyway, the surgery was scheduled for 7:30am so about 7:00 they gave him the liquid medicine to make him sleepy. It worked pretty quickly and our poor baby acted a little drunk. He was floppy, groggy, giggly and could barely keep his little eyes open. Poor thing! Once they took him back they gave him gas to put him to sleep, started the IV and put in a breathing tube. (Thank goodness I couldn't see him like that.)  The surgery went well and only took about 45 mins. They had told us we wouldn't be able to go in the recovery room and that they would bring him out when he woke up. That made me so sad. I couldn't stand the thought of him waking up to strangers. However, when he started to wake up they said he was more alert than expected  and he called for "Mama" right away so I got to go be with him. He was crying off and on and was very annoyed with the IV, so they gave him some pain medicine that calmed him down a lot. Then we spent about another hour making sure he was fully awake and able to keep liquids down and we were headed home.  After a few little fits, he mellowed out on the couch and ate and watched a movie. Then by about 11:00am he was up and running. It was like nothing had happened. He has been doing great today too. He seems completely unaffected--Thank the Lord!! I am so glad that is behind us. By the way, he got such great care from all the Drs. and nurses. So thankful for that too. Oh, one last thing...His big brothers were so worried about his cahones(what they refer to that whole area as). They were wondering when he would get his "cahones cast" off. =) Too funny.




Here is my sweet boy when the medicine was starting to work.



Groggy but oh so cute!

Ready to go in--The cutest patient EVER!!

Me and my baby---he hated that IV.  I was so relieved it was over!!

Had to get a picture of his cute little ET toe. =)





Dr. Pooh Bear--this is how Pooh Bear was dressed when I got into the recovery room. I thought that was adorable and so sweet of the nurses.