Max's hypospadias and circumcision surgery went really well. I stressed and stressed and stressed and stressed for about 2 weeks before his surgery. I felt like my baby was just too itty bitty to leave my arms and go under. I'm attached to this little bugger. There were so many tender mercies from Heaven sent my way- I cant stress enough the blessings that helped ease my emotional mind.
Here are a few..
1.) I set 2 alarms.. one for 3:20 am and one for 6:50 am. Did you know Max is my worst sleeper at this age? Not in the hotel the night before surgery! I woke him up at 3:20 to feed him (that was the last time he could eat) and I had to wake him up at 7:15 to leave the hotel. I was super nervous he would wake up and need to eat to go back to sleep but NOPE!
2.) He didn't eat for 6.5 hours because the hospital was running behind. Did he cry? Not once! He's never gone over 3 hours.
3.) He went right to the stranger nurses and not only went to them but LOVED them.
4.) He drank an entire bottle of apple juice when he came out of surgery. Max wont take a bottle... maybe it was the first taste of apple juice in his little life or maybe a miracle? I dunno, but I've tried giving him the same bottle and he has no interest once again. It's me and him... I'm his own personal milk cow. Lucky me :)! okay actually I love it.
Even with the mighty miracles I cried. I couldn't help it... I wanted to hold and protect my baby from this forever and it wasn't even a big surgery!!!!! He was under for about 2.5 hours... seemed like an eternity. Came home with loads of medicine...3 pain meds... 1 antibiotic... 1 spasm medicine that he never took... and an ointment. shheeeeesh. I had a log going for 2 days so I could remember it all. Oh and loads of stiches.
before surgery pics..
After surgery...My poor sweet baby...breaks mama's heart
but he's a champ and bounced back VERY quickly... this is the next day (he is hopped up on drugs). Btw he didn't drink that bottle but I tried.
