Thursday, January 12, 2012

A "minor" surgery...and hopefully his last!

Because of Colby's special heart, he was unable to be circumcised at birth like "heart healthy" kids. The cardiologist felt his heart would not be strong enough to go through this stressful procedure until after having the 3 heart repairs. So, once he was cleared at his 6 month post Fontan appointment, we scheduled the consult with the Urologist and got the ball rolling on what we hope will be his last surgery.

Colby was amazing through the whole day of surgery! We woke him up very early to get to the hospital by 6:30, and as always, he immediately started talking and smiling. He asked several questions about the surgery, and for some reason the only part that stuck in his mind was that he would be getting stitches. He asked every person that he came into contact with that morning, "You give me stitches?" He was determined to find out who exactly would be doing the stitches.







Colby drove himself back to the Operating Room in this little car a little before 9, and the surgery was over by 9:30. Dr. Thomas came out and talked to us when it was over and said everything went well. He went on and on about how well Colby did. Apparently, Colby just sat on the operating table with his little legs crossed and waited patiently for them to get started. He wasn't scared at all! Dr. Thomas said something that Jason and I have often thought ourselves..."there is just something special about this kid."





By the time Jason and I were called back to Recovery, Colby was already sitting up eating a popsicle. I was amazed and thankful for this!! In the past, he has been a little slow to come out of anesthesia. He ate most of the popsicle and then asked for a slushy. That is when the nurse said we were free to go...only 10 minutes after getting back in to recovery with him!! Jason and I are definitely not used to a surgery where you are only at the hospital for a total of 4 hours!! Before leaving the hospital, Colby made it clear that he wanted to go eat Subway, because he was "hunggy." So, we treated him to Subway for lunch before picking up Brody at school.



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