Hopefully the End of the Ear Saga

Wesley's ear surgery was this morning and so far we can say that everything went perfectly smoothly.

We checked into the hospital around 6:20 am. From there we went up to the Pediatric Unit where they did a little pre-assessment on him, checked his vitals, that sort of thing. He was then given some lovely pink and white striped pyjamas to wear. We had a while to play then until they were ready to take us downstairs for surgery. There was a great little playroom there. Of course, he fell against the car table and got a nice bruise on his head but was otherwise OK. His favourite thing was that there were little cars like they have at the mall and a wagon for him to ride around in. We did several laps of the floor in each of the different vehicles. He loved it.

Our surgery was scheduled for 8:15 and they took us downstairs at 8:00. We met the surgical nurse and the anaestegiologist down there. Wesley was then taken to the operating room and I was led to the waiting room. At 8:30 the doctor came and told me the surgery was done and that everything was great. A few minutes later a nurse came with Wesley in her arms to get me. He was whimpering a little bit but nothing serious. I got to hold him then instead of him being in a bed in the recovery room. After 20 minutes or so there it was back up to pediatrics.

There they checked his vitals again and gave him some apple juice. He hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 7:00 last night so he was very thirsty. He made short work of the apple juice and then I gave him the Cheerios I had brought for him. He inhaled those as well and was generally our normal, happy little Wesley. The nurses were very pleased with how calm he was and how easy he was to work with.

We were able to go home around 10:15. As I type this he is, as normal, trying to crawl onto the computer desk to get at all the cool things that are up here, supposedly out of his way. He's certainly not letting anything slow him down today! I expect that his nap might be a bit longer than usualy this afternoon, but who knows. Then maybe I can have one too.