Well we did it. Kaden did it! I'm still exhausted. I wonder if i will ever catch up.? Kaden looks so wonderful & different. He looks like a little boy & not a baby anymore. I will post some pictures after i write this... here is the "story"
Wednesday morning got off in a rush, i woke up later than i wanted to. I planned on waking up at 3:30 to finish packing, putting stuff in the car, getting ready BUT my mom came in and woke me up at 4! i shut my alarm off so everything was done in 15-20mins. We got to the hospital just shortly before 5am. Signed in, signed all the papers, then went up to surgery preparation. They put us in the "little" kids room it had toys, & chairs for waiting & the cribs. We were the first ones there then later this little baby she was only a few months old arrived with her mom & dad.. Her mom kept on crying i couldn't figure out why until later... She had heart surgery. very sad, everytime i looked at her she made me cry. then later came in a boy about 3 1/2 he has bilateral club feet. this was his 3rd operation i talked to his mom & dad while we were waiting & in the waiting room. So the nurse takes all of kaden's stats gets him a gown at first she thought HE was a GIRL! she started getting him a PINK gown. Then i was like he's a boy.. shes like oh i thought it said KAREN. what D, R? lol I can't remember his weight or height but it was good, i think height was 30something inches & weight 20 something. Everyone who was doing something to him today was running late.. except the ENT. he was the first one we saw, then the anethesologist, then his nurse, then PS. On the procedure paper they had down a alvelour ridge bone graft, i was like umm is that right i thought the was getting his lip fixed.. his PS said it was wrong.. well of course it was.. so his nurse filled new papers out and it was all better. So around 7:30ish or a few mins after Kaden passes out on my shoulder... my sweet boy... my last looks at his lip, face... his nurse came in around 7:45 to take him back to the operating room. I cried.. i knew i would. But who wasnt crying in that room! Then as i was walking to goto the waiting room this guy was walking there too & said i made his girl friend cry... I guess it was the lady who i could see out of the window .. she was having surgery too i dont know what for.
The wait went by alot faster than i thought it would. i walked down to the coffee shop got a coffee & bagle. At 9:10 his ps came to talk to me. said everything went great and it would be a few minutes before they called me back to be with Kaden... well a few minutes turned into like 30-40minutes.. that was a longer wait than the just under 2 hours for surgery! finally my little beeper beeps and i run to the desk.. lol.. not really but it felt like it.. she took me back to be with my baby. He was sleeping again... he looked so different it took my breath away! I couldn't believe it was done. and no more cleft lip after 8.5 months. he was sleeping peacefully then woke up. She let me hold him but he started freaking out so she gave him some pain medication i tried giving him some pedialyte but he would take it... then transportation came up we finally got a room. We went down to pediatrics. His nurse was the best! she was very nice & helpful. Got me everything i needed. I even got 1 meal that night. My mom came to the hospital for an hour or so. Kaden ate some formula, did pretty well i can't remember how much he ate i think around 3oz. then he went to sleep while grandma was there... I ate lunch and took some pictures... Then i told my mom she could go cause she was tired and had to work that night.. so i slept while Kaden did.. then lannette & max came up to visit... brought Kaden a cute toy.. he was sleeping then he woke...he kept starring at Max... and smiling at them... too darn cute... He got his first dose of medicine by mouth shortly after they left. he took it very well the nurse was shocked. but he does take medicine well no matter what it tastes like. he didnt go to sleep for a few hours... around 7 or so i think. maybe later.. i can't remember.. I know we were still up at 10.. but we both went to sleep shortly after i rocked him in the rocking chair. then he woke up around 3 and got more medicine, diaper change, stats and all that good stuff.. then back to sleep around 4 and up at 8.. and his PS came in took a look said it was a little more swollen than usual but it would go down within 48hrs. and said to come in next Tuesday for the stitches to come out! so soon!? yup if they are kept in any longer they would leave marks. Then he wrote out his prescription and said we could go home! yay... we got discharged, and a new roomate.. a little baby he had just gotten done with surgery for hemeradge. his mom, dad & gma were VERY nice.. his gma kept playing with Kaden & making him laugh. it was cute.
