Alyssa has surgery Sept 19. She is going to have removal of tonsils, adenoids, and ear tubes. Since she doesn't have the medical issues that Colin has she gets to come home the same day as the surgery. In fact when speaking with the nurse they said that probably within 2 hours of the surgery being complete we will be home. This is amazing to me, yet thinking back to Colin he was feeling great right after surgery, it was when the medicine started to wear off that he felt crummy.
I'm really hoping her recovery is easier than Colin's yet after going through Colin's I at least know what to do for Alyssa to make her comfortable. She is a lot easier to bribe and reason with than him.
Colin also has surgery scheduled for Oct. 14. He is going to have the stitch repair. We are hoping and praying that that this will cure his chronic sickness. We have had 10 confirmed cases of pneumonia. With this stitch it should keep him from aspirating and that will hopefully cure the pneumonias. So we will go into the hospital 2-3 days before the surgery to put him on IV antibiotics to make sure he is well enough for surgery. He will then have the surgery. He will then spend at least one night in ICU and another on a regular floor. He will spend somewhere between 2 and 7 nights after surgery in the hospital. It will all depend on how well he recovers from the procedure. I am preparing myself for 7 but hoping for 2.
Lets hope that this is the last year we have to meet our deductibles. Maybe 2014 will be our year of awesomeness.
