Surgery

Chris had sinus surgery last Friday morning. It was supposed to be a "day" surgery but ended up being an ALL DAY event. We got to Parkland before 5 a.m. Friday (after 10+ inches of snow, no electricity, and Chris coming off a shift with no sleep). Somehow we managed to arrive 30 min early for the , driving in from Arlington. That wasn't the case for the OR staff. After waiting hours and hours not knowing if the surgery was going to happen we finally got confirmation that we hadn't wasted our morning after all. Chris was in the OR for 3 hours, and what was supposed to be a 45 minute to 1 hour recovery stay ended up lasting 4 hours! Needless to say I was freaking out not knowing what the delay/complication was. Turns out that Chris was "difficult to wake up"- AKA not breathing well. I finally got the full story after sneaking down into the recovery room and raising a stink! Long story short- surgery went well but Chris does not do well post anesthesia. We still are not sure why he had the breathing difficulties that he did. The doctors think it was a combination of medications, a small aspiration during extubation and exhaustion. We ended up getting to go home late that evening and Chris has been recovering well. No more breathing problems, just a sore nose.

My pictures are a little backwards. The first few are after Chris surgery at home over the weekend. Ryan had her first taste of donuts with her post-op Daddy. Apple fritters make everything better.

The next few pictures are pre-op (poor quality because they were taken with my camera phone). The resident had to mark Chris' nose for surgery in the waiting room. I couldn't resist!

Last kisses before they wheeled him away

Pitiful boy when he FINALLY started waking up in recovery