Julian, our almost 11yr old, had his third lot of grommets inserted today. While they were at it, they decided to remove his adenoids too.( With previous consultation of course!) The hospital staff were really awesome and Julian was well prepared with diagrams and questions answered etc. We had to be up super early though. At hospital by 7am but didnt actually go into theater til 10:50am. Poor darling was starving hungry by then because he had to fast from the night before. I was hungry too - because I could eat in front of him - that would not have been fair ! (The lady in the waiting room said it was part of the "mummy clause" ...in the fine print!)
I was able to walk into theater with Julian. Gowned up and rearing to go - they couldn't find a good vein to put the cannula into. So Julian got stabbed multiple times while the anesthetist did his thing! Poor boy. He was SO stoic and tried very, very hard not to shed a single tear. I was SO proud of him. My job was to distract him with a bucket of stickers (I held them up to his eyes and we decided which characters looked like members of the family....funnily enough, the cow sticker reminded him of his sister...?!) Julian fought a hard battle with the anesthetic and the Doctor kept saying..."he'll be out in a few seconds...now...now...now". Julian's last words were : "still not working...yet...." Ha ha ha ha ha ! I was very brave and didn't cry neither - very proud of myself ! I made a super quick dash down to the cafe to eat because my sugar levels were crashing out !
Twenty quick minuets and we were done ! Ta dah ! In recovery, Julian kept waking up and asking if we were done yet. We reassured him three times, of which he does not remember. Just before he asked the fourth time, I was texted by Karen Schokker to say that Aaron had won a medal for ballroom dance...and I said out loud, "hey Julian, Aaron won a ballroom dancing medal!". My very sleepy reply was "Did I win a medal?" Ha ha ha ha ha ! The "recovery nurses" had a giggle too. :P
Once back in the room, Julian slept a good 40mins. He was offered food and drinks and once post-op care was explained and medication dispensed, we were good to go! Yay ! Parking cost $8. How rude !
So now he is happily tucked into bed after eating a good dinner. Five days off school for him now. No "rough housing" allowed so that his ears can heal. He thinks that is the best bit. :) At family prayers tonight he thanked Heavenly Father for allowing him to live (bless!) and for letting the surgeons have good hands to work on him. What sweetie. I am SO relieved everything went well and had to say a few words of thanks myself !
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