Thursday, June 30, 2005
Surgery Report
I had so many people asking about Nolan's surgery and how it went that I finally got off my duff and wrote out something for the blog. It seems like forever since I've updated.
Anyway.
Monday night, I, of course, was completely unable to sleep; I think I finally went to bed about 2:30am. We had to get up at 4:30 to feed him, since at 5am we had to start withholding food and we also had to leave for Boise. We got there a bit before 7 and checked in...St. Lukes is great for streamlined checkin. We were probably only there for 15 minutes before they came to get him into pre-op.
We were able to go with him into pre-op, dress him in his little gown, and then proceded to go through the 5 different people who all ask you the same questions:
When did he eat last?
Is he allergic to anything?
What exactly are we doing today?
And then we waited for the surgeon to arrive...surgery was scheduled for 9am, but he didn't go in until about 9:30. The two surgical nurses that came to get him were both male, and the first one picked him up, and Nolan immediately started to cry. The poor guy was completely flustered, so the other nurse took Nolan from him and said "Well, he can tell *you* don't have 4 of these at home." Of course Nolan stopped crying the instant the experienced daddy got ahold of him. I was ok until he started to cry, then I was just a goner.
St. Lukes also has a great waiting room system. There's a large computer screen up on the wall that lists the patients' names that are in surgery. It has an icon to show what's going on at the time, whether they are going under anesthesia, are in the actual surgery, when they're "closing", when they are transferred to recovery, and when they can have visitors.
From the time he was sent to recovery until that 'visitors' icon popped up, I was glued to the screen! The instant I saw it come on, I ran up to the front desk, and found out they'd already sent someone to take us back to see him. We were very impressed with the efficiency at the hospital.
He is officially the "best baby of the week" because he never fussed other than that first little cry. He's also the cutest baby. Everyone kept finding excuses to come down to our side of pre-op to peek at him.
The only criteria for him to be released was that he had to eat and keep it down, and it took about an hour and a half before he was interested in eating anything, but he did and they sent us home. He can have infant's Motrin for pain, and I gave it to him all afternoon Tuesday, and a couple of times Wednesday, but for the most part, he's never really shown any signs of pain.
As of now, he's really back to normal. He has a recheck on the 11th in Boise, but that's more routine than anything. He doesn't have any stitches to remove; the only sutures are internal, and they sealed the incision with a skin glue that totally seals over so we don't have to worry about poopy diapers getting into the incision. He can even take baths normally. In fact, this whole thing didn't even upset his schedule. He took naps normally and slept normally Tuesday night.
At any rate, he is great; I'll put up some more pictures soon!
Anyway.
Monday night, I, of course, was completely unable to sleep; I think I finally went to bed about 2:30am. We had to get up at 4:30 to feed him, since at 5am we had to start withholding food and we also had to leave for Boise. We got there a bit before 7 and checked in...St. Lukes is great for streamlined checkin. We were probably only there for 15 minutes before they came to get him into pre-op.
We were able to go with him into pre-op, dress him in his little gown, and then proceded to go through the 5 different people who all ask you the same questions:
When did he eat last?
Is he allergic to anything?
What exactly are we doing today?
And then we waited for the surgeon to arrive...surgery was scheduled for 9am, but he didn't go in until about 9:30. The two surgical nurses that came to get him were both male, and the first one picked him up, and Nolan immediately started to cry. The poor guy was completely flustered, so the other nurse took Nolan from him and said "Well, he can tell *you* don't have 4 of these at home." Of course Nolan stopped crying the instant the experienced daddy got ahold of him. I was ok until he started to cry, then I was just a goner.
St. Lukes also has a great waiting room system. There's a large computer screen up on the wall that lists the patients' names that are in surgery. It has an icon to show what's going on at the time, whether they are going under anesthesia, are in the actual surgery, when they're "closing", when they are transferred to recovery, and when they can have visitors.
From the time he was sent to recovery until that 'visitors' icon popped up, I was glued to the screen! The instant I saw it come on, I ran up to the front desk, and found out they'd already sent someone to take us back to see him. We were very impressed with the efficiency at the hospital.
He is officially the "best baby of the week" because he never fussed other than that first little cry. He's also the cutest baby. Everyone kept finding excuses to come down to our side of pre-op to peek at him.
The only criteria for him to be released was that he had to eat and keep it down, and it took about an hour and a half before he was interested in eating anything, but he did and they sent us home. He can have infant's Motrin for pain, and I gave it to him all afternoon Tuesday, and a couple of times Wednesday, but for the most part, he's never really shown any signs of pain.
As of now, he's really back to normal. He has a recheck on the 11th in Boise, but that's more routine than anything. He doesn't have any stitches to remove; the only sutures are internal, and they sealed the incision with a skin glue that totally seals over so we don't have to worry about poopy diapers getting into the incision. He can even take baths normally. In fact, this whole thing didn't even upset his schedule. He took naps normally and slept normally Tuesday night.
At any rate, he is great; I'll put up some more pictures soon!
Friday, June 17, 2005
Friday, June 10, 2005
4 Month Checkup
Nolan's 4 month checkup and immunizations went pretty well!
He's 18 pounds 5 oz (97th Percentile), 27 inches (100th percentile +) and I can't remember the head circumference, but it was 75th percentile.
He didn't like his shots much, and they seemed to set him back more than they did the first time. He got a little fever, but Tylenol is good for that.
He's 18 pounds 5 oz (97th Percentile), 27 inches (100th percentile +) and I can't remember the head circumference, but it was 75th percentile.
He didn't like his shots much, and they seemed to set him back more than they did the first time. He got a little fever, but Tylenol is good for that.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Saturday, June 04, 2005
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