On November 4th, 2011 Sawyer had to have ear tubes and his adenoids out. Since March he has had 6 ear infections and it was time we did something about it.
So two days before Sawyer's surgery he had his 2 year check up with Dr. Sims at Covenant Medical Center. Sawyer weighed in at 37.8lbs, he was 37.75 inches tall, and his head was 20.5 inches round. He is greater than 95% in all categories. Dr. Sims said Sawyer was healthy and cleared him for Surgery.
Thursday, one day before surgery Sawyer woke up with a runny nose. Ugh, not what we needed. I called Dr. Hart's office to see what time Sawyer's surgery was scheduled for and to talk to the nurse about his new cold. The nurse assured me that as long as his lungs were clear and he wasn't running a high fever he could have surgery. Surgery was set for 9:30am and we needed to be at United Medical Park at 8am. Sawyer wasn't allowed to eat or drink after Midnight.
The morning of surgery I was one nervous mama. Thankfully Sawyer had slept well the night before and didn't wake up till we were suppose to walk out the door. I got him up and changed him, put clean jammies on him and we were out the door.
We got to UMP and they took us right back to the pre op room. A nurse came in with a gown and cap for Sawyer to wear. He wanted NO part of that. Thankfully the nurse said he could just wear his pajamas. They then let us go wait in the toy room till it was time for surgery. While we waited the anthestisiologist came in to check Sawyer out since he had a cold. He said that he looked great and everything should be fine. Soon the nurse came in and said it was time. They said that either Dustin or I could go back until Sawyer was put under. So they gave me a gown and hat and off we went. Sawyer did great. He climbed right up onto the table and laid down. He was not happy though when the put the mask over his face to put him under. Thankfully within seconds he was out. I gave him a kiss and then was lead back to the waiting room.
About 30 minutes later they came and got us and said he was done. They took us back to a room to wait for Dr. Hart to come talk to us. Dr. Hart said that everything went well. He said that Sawyer's adenoids were really yucky and it was a good thing we got them out. He also said that he noticed his skin was very sensitive and he suggested allergy testing when Sawyer is 6. Sorry kiddo you are like your mom. Dr. Hart then took us to another waiting room and said the nurses would come get us when Sawyer was fully awake.
15 minutes or so later they finally came to get us. I felt like I was running down the hall to get to my little man. I walked in the room and a nurse was sitting in a rocking chair holding him. He looked very sleepy and restless. He saw Dustin and I and immdediately said "Hi Dada!" The nurses got a good laugh out of that. They then had me sit in the rocking chair and handed Sawyer to me. The recovery nurse said he would be really sleeping because they gave him morphine and to just let him rest. So we just sat there and let our little guy rest. The nurse came back and brought Sawyer some juice and said we should try to get him to drink. Finally around 1pm Sawyer was awake enough and had drank enough juice so we could go home.
Once we were home we decided that either Dustin or I should go get Sawyer's medicines. The doctor had prescribed a pain med, and an antibiotic. So I headed to Target and Dustin stayed home with Sawyer. When I got home Sawyer was napping. Soon the all heck broke loose!
Sawyer woke up and was not himself. We tried to get him to eat and drink and he wouldn't do either. We also tried to get him to take his meds and that was awful too. We just kept trying and trying and finally Dustin did get him to take some tylenol. It was getting late and Dustin had to work in the morning so he was going to bed and thought he would try to take Sawyer with him. A little while later I went in to check on them because it was very quiet and I found them both asleep! So I waited a little bit and then moved Sawyer to his bed, BIG MISTAKE! Sawyer woke up and wouldn't stop crying. I tried to get him to drink some juice and take meds but he wouldn't do any of it. Finally I couldn't take it anymore and took him to the ER at Sartori. We were put in a room and waited for over an hour to see the doctor. While waiting Sawyer perked up and decided to start drinking juice and was running around the room. What a stinker! The doctor came in and was just laughing. He said that it looks like I was doing a good job and to just keep it up. Also while we were seeing the doctor there was a drunk man in the hallway who had been brought in by the police for fighting. He got a little out of hand and ended up getting tased! Wow, what a night! Finally Sawyer and I got home and we ended up sleeping on the couch.
5am came and Dustin got up for work but said he wasn't feeling well so he was staying home. Oh great 2 sick boys! It was a pretty crazy day but Sawyer was finally eating, and drinking and that was all I had hoped for. I hope he doesn't have to have another surgery for a VERY long time!