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Showing posts with label Deacon Surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deacon Surgery. Show all posts

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Yay for soft foods and good friends!!

This past Wednesday we headed back to Little Rock for Deacon's post op appointment. We were very excited to be able to start on some soft foods! His appointment went great. His mouth is healing well, and his ears are all clear. Now to just figure out how to make this kid sleep at night. :)

We headed to Pei Wei for a little celebration. Deacon got fried rice. He was THRILLED!! I couldn't shovel it in fast enough. :) Too bad it didn't agree with his stomach. Three weeks on liquids, and a quick introduction to fried foods doesn't settle so well. He didn't care. He ate the whole bowl.
The best part of going to Little Rock is meeting up with old friends. Misty AKA "Buttsy" met us for dinner. It was so fun to catch up and hang out. Thanks for meeting us Butts.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Post Surgery

This is Deacon shortly after recovery. We got settled in our room, and got him some pain meds to settle him down. He was NOT happy at all with us when we went back to recovery.
Bless his heart. He was very swollen, but was breathing very well. These are the no no's that he gets to wear. He can have them off as long as we are right there. :) He will wear them more once we get home, and he gets back to his independent self.
Sitting with Daddy this morning. Looking a lot less swollen, and more like himself.
He's supposed to be trying to drink 6 oz. or fluids so we can go home. He was not having it. This is how we spent most of the morning.
These are the sweet balloons, flowers, and teddy bear my sweet friend Annette sent. Deacon LOVES the balloons. He points to them often and opens his eyes real big. :)
We woke him up, got him dressed, and changed the scenery. He was drinking a little bit before we got out, and is doing much better now. We are on the road to getting to go home. :)
One of the murals in the hallway.
We found some toys to play with. The only bummer was the iv cord that kept getting in the way.
Hopefully we will get to go home today. :) We have been very pleased with Arkansas Children's, and we love our doctor, but we are ready to go. :)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Surgery Day!

We are in Little Rock for Deacon's Surgery. We had a bit of a rushed morning because Mommy set the alarm for 5:30am instead of 5:00am. We were supposed to be leaving at 5:30am not getting up. Oops!! We hustled and made it just fine. :) Deacon is having his cleft palate repaired, tubes in his ears, and a circumcision. Bless him! We will update as he comes out of surgery.
Deacon checking out the fish in the waiting room.
Deacon checking out what she is putting on his toe. This measures his oxygen levels. He had it off before he went back. :) The nurse let him.
Elmo is his new favorite friend. Deacon thought he needed a little oxygen too. :)
Getting some blood drawn. He did really good, and didn't fuss at all.
Hurry up lady.
Playing with stickers and Daddy.