Other than a few nerves, he was very cooperative before surgery and of course, all smiles once they gave him an iPad to use during pre-op! He could bring a comfort item and his dragon Cinder was watching the iPad with him!
However, I did NOT schedule it for today! I scheduled it in November but at the last minute, Children's had to reschedule because the surgeon went on "medial leave." We reschedule for today and then earlier this week, they called to tell me that he was STILL on medical leave!! OMG! Seriously?!?! But they told me that the chief of surgery was able to do it instead, if we wanted. Um, yes please! I don't think you get in better hands than that!
After lots of paperwork, and phone calls and scheduling and answering a million questions, we came successfully to today. We chose to have the surgery at Children's West to avoid having to go to Minneapolis. The two inches of snow this morning was a concern, but we got there right on time and there was plenty of parking. Sweet.
Other than a short wait to check-in, it was boom, boom, boom...done! Other than the extremely rude people in the waiting room (I mean, if you are a grown man, you do NOT need to play a game on your phone so loud that is causes others in the FAMILY WAITING ROOM to get a migraine!! What happened to common courtesy?), things went as well as they could today.
These were right after we were allowed in to see him. He was VERY drowsy at first. But then his nurse brought him a Popsicle, which made him happy (he actually got two before we left!).
Eating Popsicles and watching Monster's Inc. Doesn't get much better than that! We had to finally tell him he could watch a movie at home, to get him to get dressed to leave! LOL
We are now home and Mac is sleeping comfortably for the night. We left him after he was put under around 12:15. Surgery started around 12:30. The surgeon came to talk to us about 1pm to let us know that the surgery was successful and once Mac started waking up, we could go in to see him. Well, he ended up having a hard time waking up, so it took almost an hour before we went back. Then once we were there, he was having a hard time keeping on oxygen levels up, so we worked through that for quite a while. Once he didn't need extra oxygen for half an hour, the anesthesiologist came to talk to us and check on Mac. Apparently during surgery, he gave them a bit of a run for their money. His breathing and oxygen decreased, so they had to use a nebulizer and eventually suction his lungs to clear some fluid. He thinks it was basically because of his cold. But he listened to him and was satisfied enough to send him home.
He got the royal treatment with a wheel chair ride right out to the car (which was a good thing because he was still a little wobbly!). On the way home, daddy picked up some Dippin' Dots to hold him over until we got home (they said soft foods for the rest of the day, so we were limited). And after his treat, he was pretty tired, so he held my hand and went to sleep. I mean...honestly...it doesn't get better than this!!!
We left around 3:45, but had to stop on the way home for Mac to get something to eat! He hadn't eaten since bedtime last night! We made it home just before 4:30 and all is well.
After watching some YouTube videos, he picked one of the Chipmunk movies to watch. Here we are chillin' out on the couch. He's clearly made himself comfortable. I did warn him at bedtime that tomorrow he may be a little more uncomfortable, but that we would manage it as needed. Fingers crossed and prayers that we can manage with Ibuprofen and Tylenol and don't need to get his narcotics prescription AND for speedy, healthy recovery!!!
