My mom came over at 7:30 this morning to watch Zac and we headed off to St. Vincent’s hospital. We needed to be in pre-op at 8:45 and made it right on time. Once we checked in they took us right back to the room. CJ was a champ. He chose to bring his HP 5 to read and keep his mind busy. After weighing, measuring, checking temperature and heartbeats he was ready for the “silly juice”. It was funny to watch him go from composed and steady to silly and some fairly random sentences. All the doctors came in to check in and review the procedure. All were very kind, serious and professional. It was a great experience…if we weren’t there for surgery!
As he was wheeled away, I lost it. I think the last few weeks of knowing this was coming, preparing CJ for the procedure and general anxiety surrounding surgery just gave way to my serious meltdown.
We waited for over an hour and then the doctors came out to let us know all went fantastic. CJ was in recovery and as soon as he woke up we would be able to go back and see him. Well, about half an hour later the nurse had to wake him up! Not only was he fairly sedated, he was just plain tired!
Finally we got to go back and see him! He was so tired and drugged up. At first he was not making too much sense, but in just a short amount of time he was back to his normal self. It was truly amazing to watch him come out of his dazed and confused state. We chatted for about an hour then the nurse unhooked him from everything, we got him dressed and out the door we went.
I am not sure how Carlos stayed awake to drive us both home…but he did it without complaining once. CJ and I were sacked out the whole way home! Once home CJ napped some more and in no time at all he was hungry and ready for a big lunch! It is really amazing how quickly his body is on the mend…both physically and mentally.
CJ in pre-op...feeling great and steady as they get.
Hooked up! Da' finger!
We are family! Ready to go. (please don't notice how tired Carlos and I look)
Attack of the silly juice. St. Vincent's gives all their patients teddy bears. CJ named his "Serky"
CJ post-op...and doing great!
Seriously, he wanted to read about 20 minutes after he woke up. He did say that he read the same paragraph about 10 times. It was something to do at least.
Pre and post-op nurses. So kind! His mask is brown because he had root-beer flavored happy gas!
CJ the patient with Serky the Bear...in his operating scrub hat, getting wheeled out to the parking lot to go home! Great job CJ!
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