Surgery Day

This was one of the most traumatizing days ever for me as a parent. Compared to the ear tube surgery, that was a cake walk. Just from 7months ago D understands so much more, and knew something was different that morning we walked into the hospital.

515am woke up nursed B, got in shower while Derek dressed the boys.
555am I got everyone all the bags in the car to leave for hospital.
630am We arrive at hospital and are taken to private post op room. Nurse and transporter are there getting vitals on D, putting bands on his right ankle. He was not a fan on the bands. we also had to change him into a little gown with whales, penguins, and something else, along with the no slip socks.
715am we were taken to pre-op hallway where there are other kids waiting for surgery. At first Dreycin did ride on stretcher but after less than a minute he started crying for mama. I did manage to snap a picture of this. So i carried him the rest of the way. My mom was carrying B. Now was when D became extra clingy. We were informed the doc would not get to hospital until 8am. That was kind of a bummer because D was antsy, whiny and now would have to lay on a stretcher with mommy. He was entertained by my broken screen iPhone (don't worry it's taped up)!!! We were also told an amazingly inspiring story by D's nurse about her child's rare birth defect and how her strength in God helped her get thru.
720am Anesthesia came and talked to us. They told me he would be given gas thru a mask that smelled like bubble gum, once he was under they would start an IV on him, start surgery, after surgery he would be given fentanyl thru IV and lidocaine to numb surgery area.
805am two female nurses came over and one tried to coerce him to come with her by giving a piggy back ride, but he wasn't buying it. That was when they just had to pick him up and carry him to OR, crying screaming he was calling for me and I was crying too. I had sent him with his blanket and baby boy doll but that did no good, he judgement understand why. We had been telling him for a few days that we would be going to hospital and he would be having surgery, but nothing could have prepared him for that.
My mom an I returned to post op room I nursed B, drank some cold coffee, texted Derek and family updates and worried sick about my baby boy. Sweet little B kept me smiling though, cooing at me. Thank God he was with us, kept my mind from going crazy.
905am the dr comes in tells us that the surgery took longer than he thought and he says he did the best he could. He drew what he did in surgery for us, and says that everything will be fine. He gave me instructions on what to do, appt, etc. Very nice dr, although I dont think he liked me in the beginning because I had so many questions.....
920 D was brought to our post op room in tears, and then screams and then more tears. He was sweating, having a hard time coming down from the anesthesia I believe. He just kept screaming, finally one of the nurses came and shut the lights off I put on some soothing music on pandora and he drank a small cup of apple juice. We changed him out of robe which I think made him feel better. He finally dosed off in my arms, until discharge.
1035 discharged from hospital. I carried D to the car and only put shoulder straps on him, sat between him and B then gave him his 8oz of almond milk. I would have given it to him earlier but the nurse wanted him to start on clear fluids. D was not allowed to eat after midnight the night before surgery. He also ate some crackers, and a piece of banana.
On the way home we stopped at walgreens to get antibiotics and pain medicine. I almost lost it with the pharmacist because she was having a hard time understanding English.....while we were waiting in car for meds, I went ahead and nursed B. Dreycin was talking, pointing out big trucks and drinking some juice.
1115am we got home and went straight to the mattress Derek had put on living room floor. Derek got home for lunch, but Derek tried to say something and he said No daddy. I couldn't move from that mattress or Dreycin would start to cry or get up too and I didn't want him moving around too much. Then the episodes began, where every time he pee'd he would scream and cry. I cried too while I cradled him, like when he was a baby. This day was the most difficult so far as a mother, my heart was aching and breaking inside. I had already given him pain meds as soon as we left walgreens. Around 1pm he started to fall asleep on me. After he was sound asleep I ate, nursed B, went pee and then went down for a nap myself because I was exhausted. I awoke to D saying Abielo(what he calls my mom) and Cindy! I guess I was pretty out of it for him to be calling me Cindy! We finished watching Lion King from earlier and then watched sesame street. He had some applesauce and bread. The afternoon went smoother after nap time, we didn't move from the mattress. due to the attention I was having to give to Dreycin my mom decided to delay her flight from surgery night until Friday morning, she called into work and they were very understanding, thank goodness. She took care of B all day, sure felt like I was neglecting him :( but I know Dreycin needed me more.
Derek got home from work and we decided to get Chilli's(pretty allergen friendly menu for me!) we were under tornado watch but Derek got out anyways. We started to watch Cars 2. Shortly after he left I told my mom I bet the lights are gonna go out, so I called Derek to ask where all the flashlights were. Sure enough 10min after talking to him the lights went out. we played I spy with the flashlights and read a few books. Derek got home with food and we had a flashlight picnic! Dreycin ate really well, corndog fries and broccoli with a chocolate shake....daddy also gave him some red velvet cake! After the meal he wanted to play with his railroad toy his Uncle E got him for his bday, and I swear he played with it until he went to sleep at least 2 hrs. We played a little bit more of the movie and decided I would sleep with D in his room on a mattress. I had pumped milk in freezer and my mom was gonna sleep with B. Dreycin did great thru the night, Derek got up And brought us his pain med every 4 hrs. D would take it and go right back to sleep, ad slept until 715am. When I got up at 6 am I pumped 9ozs! I am very thankful for my mom.

I will write more later about post op day 1.

The pic below was when we were going to pre op hallway.