Colin’s surgery went well today — much better than expected in fact. They were anticipating a somewhat more complicated-than-normal surgery because it appeared that Colin’s bowel might have descended into his testicle. Talking to the surgery team this morning, they anticipated that the surgery itself would last an hour and a half, in addition to the pre-surgery and recovery.
He did remarkably well with the “no eating after 2:30 a.m.” restriction and didn’t get crabby until just a few minutes before they came to get him. In fact, he was smiling and flirting with everyone at one point.
They took Colin in to the operating room at 7:30 on the dot, and I moved our winter things into a locker and headed to the waiting room to wait. At 8:35 I looked up to see Colin’s doctor coming in to see me. Fortunately, he was smiling, so I assumed he had good news.
The surgery was much simpler than expected and went very well. Colin’s bowel was not involved — it was just an accumulation of fluid, lots of fluid. So, after repairing the spots in the abdominal wall and draining the fluid, he was out to recovery. Five minutes or so later, so was I.
Other than being a little crabby from lack of sleep (and probably a little uncomfortable too), Colin seems to be enjoying his stay in the hospital. He enjoys being the center of attention, and smiles and coos at all the nurses when they come to check on him. He was very hungry coming out of surgery, and polished off two bottles of glucose water right off the bat. Since then, he has nursed pretty much every two hours.
Because Colin was born prematurely and is less than six months old (adjusted age), he is at higher risk for having apnea episodes after the anesthesia. So right now we’re whiling away the hours in surgical observation, waiting for to get the green light to go home. They told us to plan on him being here for 23 hours, but there’s a chance they’ll send him home early if his levels all continue to be good.
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