Greydon's Surgery

As everyone knows, Greydon has been nothing but sick all winter long. He has pretty much been on antibiotics constantly for ear aches, tonsillitis and the latest was the Adenovirus. Well, we finally had enough and decided to go see a ENT specialist Dr. Schuler. We had an appointment on Tuesday the 13^th and he recommended we have Grey’s tonsils and adenoids surgically removed and that we have tubes placed in both ears. I was freaked out by the idea but the worst part was he wanted to do it the following Monday. After a few nights of no sleep due to worrying myself sick, I was glad it was only a few days away. If I had to worry like crazy for a month I might not make it.

The surgery was scheduled for June 20^th at 8 AM. We went to the hospital and got checked in. Soon they took us back to a pre operating room and gave us a gown to put Greydon in. He was definitely nervous and could sense my anxiety. The nice nurse gave him a box of crayons, stickers and some paper to color on. This settled him down.  At about 8:30 the anesthesiologist came in to get Grey. He said that they would place a mask on his face to put him to sleep and then they would put in the IV and do the surgery. I thought he would freak out when the guy wanted to take him from me but he did not. All he wanted was to take his Woody doll with him and they Doc said it was fine. After watching this man, my baby and his wood doll walk out of the room I lost it for a bit. I eventually pulled myself together and went out to the waiting room.

The surgery was over in 45 minutes. The doctor came and talked to us and said everything went really well. The put me in a wheel chair and wheeled me back to the recovery room so that we could take him up to his room on the pediatric floor. He was pretty doped up and out of it but I could tell he was scared. Once we got to the room he slept for a while. When he woke up we ate popsicles and had lots of Apple Juice. Our nurses were amazing! The only hard part was keeping him from pulling on his IV. Greydon did so well we were able to go home that night. They hauled him out to our car in a wagon.

The next week was hell! I am proud and happy to say that he is all better now. We had his follow up with Dr. Schuler and he said he looks great. Now let’s hope his long streak of illness is over.

Trying to be brave

 All of his many animals including his most loved Woody doll hanging out in his hospital bed

 His super nice nurse!