It's OVER!!!

We are home!

Spud did absolutely FANTASTIC. We were up at 4:30 this morning, got a few last minute things ready, and then got the little man out of his crib and in the car at 4:45. He did great on the trip up, hardly made a sound. We got to the Stollery at about 6:10, and checked in. A few minutes later, we were taken to the prep area, and Spud was weighed, given Tylenol, and had numbing cream put on his hands for the IV. He got to wear some cute little yellow & white striped jammies too. He looked adorable!

We were taken to the back, and Dr El Hakim (fabulous Dr!) met us, as well as the anesthesiologist (How do you spell that??). I was able to go with Spud to the OR, where they put the IV in, and gave him the drugs to put him out. That was the worst part. It all happened soooo fast. One second he was awake, and then he coughed a little bit, and his eyes kinda rolled back, and he was out. I wanted to touch him, and kiss him, but before I could even think they were putting a mask over his mouth and whisking me out. It was pretty tough.

Cody and I went and got a muffin, and coffee, wandered for a few minutes, and then headed back to the Dayward, not 10 minutes later they called us, and we got to meet Small Boy in recovery. He was just chillin' on the bed, whining a little, and still managing to charm the nurses! He lost it a bit when he saw me, but after 10 or so minutes of snuggling, he was good. He was pretty groggy for an hour, but after that we had to struggle to hold him. He wanted to GO GO GO, but thats hard to do when you are connected to an IV! After about 2.5 hrs we were Outta There! We grabbed McD's on the way home, Spudder obviously was feeling better as he packed back 1/2 of a SuperSize fry on the way home! He stayed awake for the whole ride, and went down for a nap, he slept for an hour and then woke up, Cody took him to watch some TV downstairs, but he fell right asleep, so he brought him back up to our bed, where I was napping, and the little man and I napped together for another hour and a half! It was great.

He woke up feeling great, chowed down on some crackers and juice, ran around like normal. He powered out at about 7 tonight, so a little early, but I am so thrilled with how well it has gone. Such a relief!! He is such a tough, amazing little man. I am so proud of him, and so so so happy this is over, and he can get HEALTHY!!!