Andrew is a champ! He did awesome and we are so proud of him....surgery was successfull and he is recovering very well. The Surgron said that there is a difference in penile skin and foreskin and Andrew did have a lot of foreskin that was removed during surgery that was not removed during the original circumcision....so it was good we had this surgery done now.
5:30am to 7:00 Arrived at the surgery center at St. Johns Hospital (he couldn't eat for drink since midnight)...that's why so early. Andrew asked for "muck" but survived without it. Checked in, went to a room, got a cute little gown and then waited. His nurse Jean was so nice and expereienced so that helped us all relax. Took him on a wagon ride and read books. He was so cute. We were so glad that it was elective surgery, not like some of the other kids in the hospital there. Urologist/Surgeon/Dr. Adkins and anesithiologist came to talk with us and answer questions.
Andrew recieved a "cocktail" of tylenol and versaid which made him very sleepy. Then the nurse carried him to surgery. It was like a movie...2 nurses and a MD walking down the hallway with their scrubs on, with us at the door...me crying/tearing up with Ryan holding me. Before he left we said a prayer and then gave him a sandwich kiss and he kept saying "more, more." So more kisses he got!
7:00 to 7:45 am Andrew in surgery (they gave him laughing gas, put in an iv, also an artificial airway, and they put him under). Then snip-snip... Ryan and I prayed and sat in the room awaiting the nurse to get us.
8:00am I got to go into the recovery room...Andrew was crying and being held by a nurse. I just wanted to hold him and kiss him, I was so thankful everything went so smoothly. Once he saw me and we got him some juice he calmed down. Then we got to see Daddy...on the way to the room Andrew was saying Daaady! Daaaady!...it melted Ryan's heart.
Andrew was a little whinny, but he really adjusted well (No nausea/vomitting, or other side effects that they warned us about).
From 8:30 to 10:00 we cuddled with Andrew in his room. He often pulled on his IV, but not too bad for a little dude like him. We gave him more and more kisses! Got more pain medication and home we went.
11-4 Slept...which is a good thing. He didn't like the hydrocodone/tylenol that I gave him (spit out), so motrin will have to do, and honestly I think that is all he will need. He woke up a little somber, but bounced back to himself within the 1/2 hour. How amazing for a little kid.
What to expect...bloody diapers (yes) and a couple days of possible pain and Andrew acting different. His dressing on his penis already fell off, and the area looks swollen, and red and you can see stiches...MD said the penis will not look healed for about a month and we shouldn't worry. To change diaper often and to apply TAO.
Thank you for all your prayers and thoughts. This is what one of my friends wrote...
"I am praying that everything goes smoothly and that his "family jewels" heal fast!!!" Us too!
