Surgery & Recovery Update

Well, all I can say is that it has been a very long six days! I had found a computer in the waiting room near Isaac's room in the hospital, but posting on blogger was blocked. Then when I got home and had full access to a computer I have been too tired to get online for longer than a minute here or there to catch up on e-mail or find answers to my post-surgery questions. Dr. Ruiz said that Isaac did better than excellent in surgery and that things are going well. This first picture is in the pre-op area where we waited for about 90 minutes before Isaac went back for surgery. They gave him a cute little teddy bear (hiding behind the drum) and a beautiful quilt with whales on it (behind Isaac) when we were checked into our room. The quilt was made by a lady in Christmas, Florida who makes them to donate to the children in the hospital. It was so nice and made us feel special.

As if the waiting during surgery wasn't excruciating enough we had to wait for a very long time to see Isaac after he came out of recovery. It took him over an hour to come out of the anesthesia well enough for him to be moved into his room. As they wheeled him around the corner he reached for me, but I couldn't hold him until we were in our room. It was so hard to see his little face all swollen up and his little body hooked up to IVs and monitors. He loved to be held and still mainly wants to be snuggled as he recovers.

Kids must be pretty resilient because the next day he wanted to play with toys. The people from the play room came and brought Isaac a few toys to play with. He really loved the airplane and we are trying to find one to give him for Christmas. Still swollen, but starting to look more normal.

Who doesn't just love Pluto!? Isaac was so excited to have a visit from Pluto. By Wednesday we were SO READY to leave the hospital and our wonderful nurse Norma let us out to go for a ride in the wagon to visit the playroom. While we were there Pluto came to the hospital to visit the kids. Isaac was so excited and hugged him and pulled in his whiskers. I was so shocked that he was willing to visit Pluto. They also gave him the softest little tiger that we have affectionately named Arnold after the hospital.

Well I have to run, he's starting to wake up and it's time for the next round of meds. Please continue to pray for our little guy. Next time I'll try to post about how our little Houdini tries to escape from his no-nos.