So surgery day has come and gone. It was a long and stressful day. We were up at 5 am and at the hospital by 6:45. We were checked in and called back before we had been there 5 minutes. We got Talent dressed in his little hospital gown that was was HUGE on his tiny body. We met with every nurse that would be with him, the anesthesiologist, and the doctor. Then two more nurses came back and told us to hug him and love him and they were going to take him to surgery. That was the hardest thing I think I've done as a Mom so far. Letting them take him from us and him screaming bloody murder.....I lost it too. I know he was in good hands because the anesthesiologist was the same man that was in the delivery room with me when Talent was born. He is an amazing person, and I know he took great care of my baby. He took excellent care of me when I was under his care, he even checked on me the next day. So I know Talent was in capable hands. And I know the doctor is a good one. He is very nice. Just something about your baby being taken that turns your world upside down.
We returned to the waiting room where we had our own little posse waiting for us. My parents, Seth's parents, Mammaw, Pawpaw, and Seth's preacher were all out there. It was so nice to have such a wonderful support group there. We weren't in the waiting room for even 15 minutes with them before Talent was done with surgery. They called us back and told us how surgery went and then they took us to where Talent was. I got to hold him while I gave him oxygen and let him wake up. We stayed in recovery for about 30 or 45 minutes and Talent kind of snoozed the whole time. He woke up when we started taking off his gown and getting him ready to go home. He was happy to get out of there. We got him to the truck and gave him his sippy cup and his snacks. He almost drank his whole sippy! He was so thirsty! We took him to eat breakfast and he ate all of his toast. He was a hungry boy! When we got home we played a little while and then all laid down for a 3 hour nap. He woke up good as new. His ears didn't seem to bother him at all. He hates the ear drops he has to have and also hates the ear plugs he has to wear in the bath. But, he is getting used to them.
I noticed yesterday that he seemed more alert and like he could focus more on me when I spoke to him. He actually turned when he was spoken to. I always thought he was just ignoring me. But maybe he just couldn't hear me. It's been the same today, he has noticed things I know he didn't notice before. He noticed motorcycles driving past us on the highway. We have passed a million of those and he's never looked for them before, but he has started looking for them since his surgery.
We are hoping to see a big improvement in his hearing and maybe in his speech since we had this surgery done. I'm really hoping that since he had the surgery he won't have anymore problems with ears. He's struggled with that so much. I hope this makes a big difference. I'm just happy it's done and now we can get back to normal and not have to stress about an upcoming surgery. Now we just have to worry about upcoming hearing tests. I think he will do great though. He's such a smart boy. I know that he's going to pick up and learn so fast. And watching him learn things just makes my world go round.
