March 24, 2008 - Nathan's Surgery Day

Tara - Mar 24, 2008 6 months old
Nathan is fabulous! We are currently in post op. He did a great job during the surgery. We have two hours to wait while they watch him to make sure that he is stable enough to go home. They had expected that he might need to stay the night and even have a bed waiting for us if we need it. However, he is surprising everyone and keeping his oxygen levels stable. The anesthesiologist will evaluate him in a couple of hours -- he is the same doctor we had a couple of weeks ago. Since the doctors weren't ready to start at first, our anesthesiologist got to carry him around for a while and became quite attached to our little guy. : )

They ended up draining his ears of quite a bit of fluid. Our ENT decided not to do the ABR today since it might not be as accurate. We will need to come back in a week to see if we can get the test when he is sleeping -- fun, fun, fun. They were able to repair both hernias and everything else without too much difficulty. He will be in pain for the few days as he heals and we will have to come back in a week to get a couple of stitches out.

Overall, we are very, very happy. Our prayers have been answered and we are feeling very blessed. : ) We will update in a little while.

Tara - Mar 25, 2008 6 months old
We came home yesterday, shocking everyone. He is really doing great. He was a bit cranky during the night but has been all smiles this morning. We think that he is hearing better. He turns more to our voices and seems fascinated whenever we are talking. Based on our other children, I am sure that fascination will turn to ignoring in no time. : ) He is bruised and swollen. We still haven't seen his stitches. We get to take off the dressing tonight at bathtime. Life it great.