After dropping off Jonah at Mim and Poppa's house, we headed to Children's Hospital on Friday morning for Jacob to have an outpatient procedure. We arrived at 10:15 and headed to our pre-op room, where a fireman hat, hot wheels, a drawing board and crayons were waiting. Jacob got changed into special "pjs" and we waited. The procedure was supposed to begin at 11:45, but he didn't go back into the operating room until almost 12:30. Jacob was a trooper! We explained (as much as you can to a four year old) what would happen and that he couldn't eat until afterwards. We were expecting more of a fight about not eating, but Jacob did great! After Jacob was wheeled off, Nathan and I had a bite to eat (we hadn't eaten either, out of solidarity!) and pretty soon, we were asked to go back to the consultation room to talk with the doctor. The procedure took about an hour and Jacob did great! When we met up with him on the way to recovery, he was already chowing down on the first of two popsicles! The first thing he said was, "Hi Mommy! Why didn't I fall asleep?". He knew they would give him medicine to take "a nap" but couldn't even remember! Finally, around 3 o'clock we left the hospital (in a wagon, of course) and headed to pick up Jonah. We spent the rest of the day watching movies, but honestly, if you didn't know Jacob had just had surgery, you wouldn't even guess it! He was in great spirits and not complaining at all! He can't bathe until tomorrow, can't swim until next Friday and can't do any strenuous playing for 2-3 weeks. That should be fun.
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| Jacob in his cozy "pajamas", coloring! |
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| Playing on mommy's iPod. |
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| Still a little loopy in recovery with his popsicle! |
