Surgery Complete

Gavin was the best baby yesterday morning before his surgery. He barely fussed at all about not being fed for 4 hours and before he was taken away to surgery he was asleep in my arms. I handed him off to one of the nurses and he kept on sleeping. I still cried as he was taken away, but I was imagining it being a lot rougher than it was. Surgery did take over an hour and he has a bigger incision than I expected and stitches on his scrotum to tack his testicle in place (TMI?) - ouch! He had a rough time waking up after the surgery and was pretty sleepy all day yesterday. He is on pain meds every four hours yet and that seems to keep him fairly comfortable. He has been back to eating every 2.5 to 3 hours today after sleeping for 7 hours strait last night. I needed that as the night before I barely slept at all.

Grandma & Grandpa Jeske were here on Tuesday night and yesterday morning to take Jacob to gymnastic class and his Little Rascals class at the community center. They enjoyed seeing him participate in those classes, or wondering off to do his own thing. It was certainly nice not to have to worry about him as we were at the hospital with Gavin. There were other families there with their other children and that really made me appreciate living close to family and having such helpful families.

Anyway, we are really glad to have that surgery behind us. Thank you to all who kept us in your prayers, they were certainly answered. I don't know how parents handle major surgery on their children. I pray we never have to deal with anything more major.