Friday, July 27, 2007
Kaeden had Eye Surgery
LONG Time no update. OOPSIE. Been a busy summer. Thought I'd better update that my "baby" had surgery this week on Tues July 24th.
Kaeden's surgery went well. We had to be at the hospital at 6am Tues morning and surgery was at 8. He did NOT like the hospital PJ's they had him wear and complained they were itchy. Took me and my grandma pretty much dropping him into his clothes cause he just did not want to cooperate and went into full tantrum mode. After we got him dressed Grandma took Kai to the waiting room and Kaeden and I sat on the bed watching TV. He kept telling me he wanted to go home and wanted to take those clothes off. The nurses came in and talked to us to prepare us for what was going to happen. They gave him his gas mask to take back with him and had him play with it before the surgery. It smelled like strawberries. The anesthesiologist (sp?) was great and came in to explain everything that would happen. I was relieved to find out that he was going to be asleep by gas only and once the gas was turned off he'd be awake in 5-15min. Also no breathing tube, just a tube to keep the tongue out of the way as he would be breathing on his own throughout the surgery. The paperwork packet that I had made it sound like he'd have a full tube down his throat! So he also told Kaeden that he needed him to think of what kind of story he'd like to hear while he was going to sleep. Kaeden chose a Batman story ;) One of the worst parts was when it came time to leave and they had to take him away from me. He asked them if I could go with him and when they told him no I fully expected a tantrum. Instead he looked at me with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face trying to be as brave as he could be and not cry. I was crying (as discreetly as possible) so that probably didn't help. They wheeled him away quickly as they said the longer we wait the harder it gets. That just about killed me. But he was so good and so brave and so cooperative. Phew it makes me tear up right now typing this out LOL Surgery took about 35min from the time they took him from me until the Doc came in to tell me everything went well and we could go see him as soon as he was awake. I was told to sit down for the first time I saw his eyes cause I could feel faint. When we went into the room they put him on my lap in a chair and he did NOT want to wake up. He was out LOL Kailer was excited to see his brother and kept wanting to kiss him. While Kaeden slept Kai flirted with the nurses and played with the balloon the nurses gave Kaeden. He tried tickling his brothers feet to wake him up (we were all trying to get him to wake up) and that just ticked him off. He yelled LEAVE ME ALONE KAILER. He did not want to be messed with. When he was first put into my arms he told me that they told him a batman story and that he felt the needle go into his arm, then he was back asleep. He started getting heavy on my lap so Kai and I went to fill his prescriptions while Grandma held him on her lap for awhile :) When we got back he was still snoozing but woke up shortly after that just freaking out! He was yelling and screaming that he couldn't see and his eyes hurt. It was HORRIBLE to listen to him. That was the 2nd hardest part on me. The nurse gave him a touch more pain meds and he relaxed and snoozed some more. He wanted a cold wet rag held over his eyes and that is the only thing that would console him. The nurse said this could go on all day so while he was asleep we took the IV out and just hoped for the best when he woke up again. He didn't wake up as angry although his eyes were still hurting and he still couldn't see. We managed to get him dressed and snacking on some crackers and then he seemed to be doing much better. We chose to have him wheeled out rather then carried cause carring a 50lb Kaeden to the van did not sound fun to me. He hopped off the chair when it was time and says "now where is that wheelchair?" It was too cute. I tried snapping a few pics but he did NOT like the flash so lots of them are blurry. He opened his eyes a bit and looked around and I just about fell over cause his eyes looked CROSSED! This was also the first time he'd gotten them fully open so I figured he just needed to practice with his new muscles. The Dr told me they'd be sending me home with a couch potato and they lied! He snoozed off and on for the drive to LIndsay's, had a little to eat for lunch and then played on the computer and kinda walked around zombie like but refused to sit. Then he started freaking about his eyes hurting again so even though they Dr's told me he shouldn't need any tylenol until right before bed I gave him a dose cause he was going nuts on me and I did not want my little man in pain! Finally got him down for a nap and we all napped for a few hours. From the time he got up from that nap around 4:30pm on Tues he's been normal wild child kaeden. No couch potato for me. :p His eyes were DEFINITELY crossed though and he is seeing double so I was terrified the surgery did not work or they did it wrong and it would need fixed. Talked to Doc about it at the Post Op appt and he said it looks great. The reason they are crossed is the muscles are sore so he's not using them right now and the eyes are turning in rather then out. Over the next couple weeks as they heal they should pull straight. I did notice that yesterday they looked better then they did the first two days so hopefully this is a trend that continues cause I don't ever wanna go through that again!!!
Kaeden's surgery went well. We had to be at the hospital at 6am Tues morning and surgery was at 8. He did NOT like the hospital PJ's they had him wear and complained they were itchy. Took me and my grandma pretty much dropping him into his clothes cause he just did not want to cooperate and went into full tantrum mode. After we got him dressed Grandma took Kai to the waiting room and Kaeden and I sat on the bed watching TV. He kept telling me he wanted to go home and wanted to take those clothes off. The nurses came in and talked to us to prepare us for what was going to happen. They gave him his gas mask to take back with him and had him play with it before the surgery. It smelled like strawberries. The anesthesiologist (sp?) was great and came in to explain everything that would happen. I was relieved to find out that he was going to be asleep by gas only and once the gas was turned off he'd be awake in 5-15min. Also no breathing tube, just a tube to keep the tongue out of the way as he would be breathing on his own throughout the surgery. The paperwork packet that I had made it sound like he'd have a full tube down his throat! So he also told Kaeden that he needed him to think of what kind of story he'd like to hear while he was going to sleep. Kaeden chose a Batman story ;) One of the worst parts was when it came time to leave and they had to take him away from me. He asked them if I could go with him and when they told him no I fully expected a tantrum. Instead he looked at me with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face trying to be as brave as he could be and not cry. I was crying (as discreetly as possible) so that probably didn't help. They wheeled him away quickly as they said the longer we wait the harder it gets. That just about killed me. But he was so good and so brave and so cooperative. Phew it makes me tear up right now typing this out LOL Surgery took about 35min from the time they took him from me until the Doc came in to tell me everything went well and we could go see him as soon as he was awake. I was told to sit down for the first time I saw his eyes cause I could feel faint. When we went into the room they put him on my lap in a chair and he did NOT want to wake up. He was out LOL Kailer was excited to see his brother and kept wanting to kiss him. While Kaeden slept Kai flirted with the nurses and played with the balloon the nurses gave Kaeden. He tried tickling his brothers feet to wake him up (we were all trying to get him to wake up) and that just ticked him off. He yelled LEAVE ME ALONE KAILER. He did not want to be messed with. When he was first put into my arms he told me that they told him a batman story and that he felt the needle go into his arm, then he was back asleep. He started getting heavy on my lap so Kai and I went to fill his prescriptions while Grandma held him on her lap for awhile :) When we got back he was still snoozing but woke up shortly after that just freaking out! He was yelling and screaming that he couldn't see and his eyes hurt. It was HORRIBLE to listen to him. That was the 2nd hardest part on me. The nurse gave him a touch more pain meds and he relaxed and snoozed some more. He wanted a cold wet rag held over his eyes and that is the only thing that would console him. The nurse said this could go on all day so while he was asleep we took the IV out and just hoped for the best when he woke up again. He didn't wake up as angry although his eyes were still hurting and he still couldn't see. We managed to get him dressed and snacking on some crackers and then he seemed to be doing much better. We chose to have him wheeled out rather then carried cause carring a 50lb Kaeden to the van did not sound fun to me. He hopped off the chair when it was time and says "now where is that wheelchair?" It was too cute. I tried snapping a few pics but he did NOT like the flash so lots of them are blurry. He opened his eyes a bit and looked around and I just about fell over cause his eyes looked CROSSED! This was also the first time he'd gotten them fully open so I figured he just needed to practice with his new muscles. The Dr told me they'd be sending me home with a couch potato and they lied! He snoozed off and on for the drive to LIndsay's, had a little to eat for lunch and then played on the computer and kinda walked around zombie like but refused to sit. Then he started freaking about his eyes hurting again so even though they Dr's told me he shouldn't need any tylenol until right before bed I gave him a dose cause he was going nuts on me and I did not want my little man in pain! Finally got him down for a nap and we all napped for a few hours. From the time he got up from that nap around 4:30pm on Tues he's been normal wild child kaeden. No couch potato for me. :p His eyes were DEFINITELY crossed though and he is seeing double so I was terrified the surgery did not work or they did it wrong and it would need fixed. Talked to Doc about it at the Post Op appt and he said it looks great. The reason they are crossed is the muscles are sore so he's not using them right now and the eyes are turning in rather then out. Over the next couple weeks as they heal they should pull straight. I did notice that yesterday they looked better then they did the first two days so hopefully this is a trend that continues cause I don't ever wanna go through that again!!!
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