My sweet Jayden. He did so good this morning :)
I woke him up a few minutes after 6am. Got him dressed (in clean jammies) and a new diaper - he was not happy, we don't usually get dressed & changed right away like that.... Then I put on his shoes, and he grabbed a hat and we were off!
He was fine in the car for the short drive to the hospital, but then when we were getting out and I was putting some loose stuff from the car into the backpack I was bringing inside, he saw a sippy cup in my bag (it was empty - for use after the surgery) but he thought it was full and he was hungry and he WANTED IT BAD!! So he walked in crying... but soon stopped. We registered and only had to wait a minute or two for the nurse to come get us.
Jayden was weighed (11.1 kg - whatever that means......) and had his temperature taken then we were taken to a small room to get changed and wait for the Doctor.
Well, Jayden would have nothing to do with that hospital gown. I got all his clothes off, and managed to wriggle him into the gown once, but he soon took it off... so the nurse said just to leave him. So he got his jammies back on, but then he wouldn't settle down and wanted his shoes & hat - he was planning a get-away.... so the nurse came back with a dose of Tylenol & a mild sedative to calm him down.
That started taking effect about about 10 minutes and he started getting wobbly and falling over - it was a bit amusing, I must admit.
Then the anestheologist came in about 7:15 to say hi and told us we were just waiting for Dr. Grunke to get there and we'd be all set.
The anestheologist came back just at 7:30, said they were all set, I handed him Jayden and they walked out. I could tell Jayden was already getting sleepy from the sedative, he didn't complain a bit and left with the Dr.
I went to the waiting room, where I watched the Today show's coverage of the Olympics. It was quite peaceful. And exactly 15 minutes later, Dr. Grunke came out, told me they were done and that Jayden did great! About 5-7 minutes later a nurse called me back to the recovery area - she told me to go through three doors and walk straight... well I could hear that poor Jayden screaming just past door #1!!!!
I sat with him for a few minutes, while he alternated between wailing and quietness... the nurse warned me that they can act a little "possessed" afterwards.... Then a different nurse talked about all the discharge stuff and what to do at home, etc. And soon after we were ready to leave!
We were back in the car at about 8:23am!
Jayden was pretty quiet for the drive, except as soon as we turned into our neighborhood he threw up a little bit - which I was warned can happed occasionally - mainly from all the crying, not the anesthesia so much... but it wasn't too bad.
When we got in the house he was screaming and clinging to me for a few minutes, but by the time I set our stuff down, changed my clothes quick he was fine. I gave him some juice and fruit snacks (the nurse said just give him whatever he wanted for the first few hours.... I actually asked him if he wanted ice cream on the way home - but he shook his head "no"!)
Grandpa B stopped over a few minutes to drop some stuff off and check on Jayden, then we watched tv for a few minutes, and by a little after 9am Jayden was doing great. He was playing and moving around and babbling a lot - not actual words I can make out - but he was "talking" quite a bit.
A little after 10am I changed him and we went out for a little walk - Jayden actually walked all the way to the library park. He wouldn't get in the stroller, he walked and ran down the sidewalk and looked at grass and flowers.... Then we played at the park for about half an hour, he was having a blast. Then I pushed him home about 11:30, we had a little lunch. And then it was nap time - took him a while to settle down, but he was out by 12:20 or so... and still sleeping :)
So, we'll see how & if his speech progresses in the near future... here's hoping!
I know he did say "cookie" this morning at lunch, and I'm not sure I've heard that before from him.....
