Tuesday, October 16, 2012

One more time…

After I had my hypospadias repair surgery in May, I developed the one complication that happens in about 10% of cases… a fistula. One way to describe it, is that I “sprung a leak” as the doctor said, and I’ve been peeing out of TWO holes now instead of the new, correct one he made for me. SO, I had to go back in for more surgery today to repair the fistula, and Mommy & Daddy said they never want to see the inside of a hospital with their kids again! I did so great this time around, and even though I woke up a bit cranky and am now a bit sore, it wasn’t really a bad day!

-Ben

I wish they knew how to make these hospital gowns a bit more modest….

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I was loving getting to watch cartoons with my Daddy on my own personal TV!

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The worst part of the whole day was having to wear that awful name bracelet on my ankle… I kept trying to get it off, and even managed to do so a few times!

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Mommy brought my cups for me to play with, and I’m so glad she did, because I had SO much fun dropping them out of the crib for Daddy to catch! This helped pass a good half an hour of time that we had to wait.

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Unfortunately, they couldn’t distract me enough from trying to get that bracelet off!

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I even got to lay in the big kids bed and watch TV with Mommy & Daddy before heading down to surgery!

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I was pretty cranky when I woke up in recovery until they let my Mommy hold me, and then I passed out for quite a while!

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When I woke up, I drank a whole cup of water, had two servings of applesauce & ate a bunch of Cheerios in under 5 minutes! The nurse decided I was well enough to get my IV out and go home! I recovered much quicker this time than I did last time!

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I’m so glad this is all over, and I hope I NEVER have to go through it again! Thank you to everyone for all of the prayers & support! I love you!

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