Long day tomorrow...

We will be off to have Matthew's Surgery. He is having his tonsils and adenoids out. Hopefully this will help with his sleep apnea, eating, and ability to swallow better. Mostly we hope that it will help the apnea but also hopeful that it will help prevent him from the sinus colds he gets all the time. No ear infection history, but his breathing is the main concern for the surgery. Wish him well and pray for a quick recovery. They said it will be pretty nasty for the next few weeks with little eating and that we need to at least push the fluids. I'm sure he will be happy to eat ice cream for the next few days as his main diet!

His surgery is scheduled for 7:25am. We have to be there at 6am so we will have to leave the house by 4:30am to get there in time for check in and preop. Matthew is not allowed to eat any breakfast in the morning or even to eat anything. This should be interesting. He is the type of boy that wakes up in the morning and immediately wants breakfast. It's his favorite meal of the day and he usually has one breakfast at home in the morning and then again at school at 8am. So this will be a good test at how well we can distract him!

The surgery should take about an hour from the time he goes in to the time he will be transferred to PICU. They said it should be expected that he will be able to go home within a few hours after surgery as long as he can keep down a certain level of fluids. They also told us that it is not uncommon for children to have to stay longer because it is taking them longer to recover. Some even end up there for the night to get fluids. Then we have to make it home on the 1 1/2 hr ride along with a 45min ferry ride! Should be interesting. They said that kids have a tendancy to vomit following anethstesia and not to mention that he will be in pain and the area wher the tonsils and adenoids were removed will be an open wound that will most likely bleed. SOOO we're going prepared with blankets, extra clothes, baggies for soiled things and a lot of patience! At least they are honest with what we can expect right??
We'll keep you all posted. I plan to bring my laptop for entertainemtn for Matthew to be able to play on Noggin & Playhouse Disney and watch movies to distract him, so hopefully I will get a chance to check in.

Love, Mel & Sean