By the time we got to our room and settled in it was close to 3am. We got Trev to take a couple sips of water and administered some meds. Soon after he asked for a popsicle. Then nurse explained that he had to wait 15 minutes to make sure he did not get sick from the meds or drinking the water. He seemed fine with that. I was almost asleep on the cot when I remembered Trev's popsicle. It had been about 10 minutes but he was already asleep! I followed soon after, trying to turn off my mind. My body was exhausted and finally it won. Trev woke up around 10am looked at me and said "mommy, why haven't you gotten my green popsicle yet?" I told him because he fell asleep and just woke up! Silly boy! I then got him his green popsicle.
During those early morning hours the nurses were constantly checking him as he had just gotten out of surgery. It was very hard to sleep. Around 4:30 am a surgeon came in and started asking questions on how he was feeling. Really, why do you have to wake him up! Most of the time when asking about pain he said he was a number 2 smiley face. Quite different from his heart procedure where he was the happiest face the whole time. By the way this surgery was exactly 8 months from his last.
At the hospital Trevor enjoyed many popsciles, movies, ice cream and what ever else his little heart desired. How could one not like the hospital? We went down to the playroom a couple times to play and bring back movies, books, games, legos and crafts to the room. He was still very sore and did not want to walk until he got some strong pain meds. Then he was able to walk around a little better. He also enjoyed a few wheel chair rides. Trevor is waiting for his next hospital stay. Hopefully we will wait a few more years for the next one. This was surgery number 6 for him!
Now we are home and recovery is going as well as expected. He is still very sore and has a cough that makes his tummy hurt even more. He also started to itch after taking his meds. So now we have added benadryl to his medications. He should be able to go back to school on Thursday. He will have to take it easy for the next two weeks while he heals. No gym or recess during that time. He will get to play computers or bring in his own video games to play. I think he will enjoy that :) He was suppose to start swimming tomorrow, but I called and got it switched to March. I am glad they were so accommodating. Although March will be a little busy with swimming and baseball.
I forgot to add that when we were in the ER trying to get an IV in. There were 4 people holding him down, and eventually he needed to be mummy wrapped. He wanted to watch what was going on and it scared him once he seen the needle. I am grateful that he does not have much memory of that particular experience.
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