Owen's Surgery

Owen did pretty well the night before his surgery considering he couldn't have any formula after midnight. We fed him at 11:30 p.m. and he didn't wake up until 4:00 a.m. to have his first dose of pedialyte. Then he had a second dose of pedialyte at 7:30 a.m. He couldn't have anything after 8:00 a.m. That was when he started to get squirmy. His surgery was supposed to be at noon and it ended up getting delayed until 1:00 p.m.

Here is Owen in the waiting room

We had to wait in a hospital room for an hour before his surgery

The actual surgery took an hour and then we had to wait another half hour for him to wake up. It was really hard seeing him in the recovery room. First his whole body was swelled up from the IV to the point that it was hard to recognize him. Second he was starving and all he could have was a little sugar water but his tummy was filled up with so much air that he was really uncomfortable and couldn't drink. The nurse kept reassuring us that he wasn't in pain but that he was probably dizzy from the anaesthesia.

The surgeon said that Owen ended up having a second hernia on the right side too. His plan was to fix the hernia on the left and check the right to see if there was a hernia there that just wasn't showing yet. So both sides have stitches that will eventually dissolved on their own.

Kevin and I ended up having a total of two hours of sleep that night in the hospital. We tried to share a pull out couch that was made for one person. Owen was still uncomfortable and the only way he would sleep is if we held onto him. We took turns doing that throughout the night.

Owen after his surgery wrapped up in heated blankets. As you can tell I had to wipe away my tears to make that fake smile.

Showing his IV in his arm

While we waited for the doctor to come in to check on Owen we watched the River Bank Runners outside our window. We were discharged by 10:00 a.m. and were all ready to go home so we could rest.