Brock's Surgery

Brock had an early morning surgery and the hospital took fantastic care of all of us. He wasn't too sure about everything at first  "at the "dentist's" as he calls it but had such good nurses his mood went from serious to happy in a matter of minutes.

Serious business...

…to playing around.

Just before surgery he took meds to make him drowsy and calm before heading in. While putting his gown on he cooperated but for no reason said, "I'm not being MEAN mom!" then told Jer he was putting it on wrong. We figured the meds were kicking in. I carried him to the OR doors before I had to hand him over. So sad.

Surgery lasted an hour; we were told to expect him to wake up either crying uncontrollably and confused or sleepy while in the recovery room. Luckily he went the sleepy route.

Jer and I met him in his outpatient room still snoozing away. He was very cooperative before surgery and both of his nurses said he was the easiest, sweetest little guy they've had. 

(His hand is blue from the surgery iodine solution…he has perfect circulation :)

He would wake up every 10 minutes and would get squirmy and have to scratch his very itchy nose (side effect of meds) so they let me hold him to keep him comfortable and keep his arm elevated

Itchy nose! He asked both Jer and me to itch his nose a few times, then he'd fall back asleep.

So sleepy. So thirsty.

He slept on the drive home and almost the entire day with a few snack and potty breaks in between. Troy had a fantastic time at the zoo with his good friend, Sam, so the house was nice and quiet for him. 

He decided to get up just after dinner time and was a BEAR! He wasn't acting or saying that he was hurting so we think it was just everything else that made those pouty, bossy lips tell us the what-for about everything. But, we just laughed it off (not while the boss was watching, of course).

Dr. Smith ended up putting in three pins and said surgery went as planned;  though he has requested a second opinion from another specialist. We're all SO glad surgery is over and are hoping for an easy and fast recovery for our little guy! Thanks again for all of your love and support for this little guy!