Surgery went well

That ladies and gentlemen was a terrible horrible no good very bad day, but everything went well. We got here at a little before 11:00am to check in and got put into a room in the same day surgery unit. We were told shortly after arriving that the OR was behind about an hour. So this puts Max's time at 2:10. At 2:20 they came in to tell us that we would be taken down at 3:00. At 3:15, Tim went to see if we were getting close and they told us about 15 more minutes. So finally, at 3:35 Max was taken back to have the procedures done.

Thank God Max was in a great mood and never really got fussy. He fell asleep for about a half an hour and woke up in a pretty descent mood. He got a little upset when I had to hand him off to the nurse that was taking him into the OR, but they said that he did great.

The ENT doctor came out to see us about 45 minutes later and said that Max's airway is perfect and that he hasn't seen a more beautiful airway. So woohoo for that. He also informed us that Max was way too good looking to be an only child and that we shouldn't let all of this scare us from having a "whole clan." Well, let's get a new kidney in the first one and we'll see about another one. Hmmm... what other organ can I give up to our second one? Good grief :o)

Tim and I finally got to eat since we knew it would be a few hours before we got anymore news. About two hours into the surgery, Max's buddy Dr. Ben came to the rescue and sneeked in to see how things were going. Everythiing was going well and they were in the process of finishing up the placement of the SP tube.

We finally got to talk to the surgeon about 6:30pm and he said that everything went well. We won't know anything for a couple of days though because they are letting the SP tube drain into a bag so that the bladder can heal. Once we are able to clamp the tube and see how much his bladder can hold we will start getting some answers. One of those will be whether or not Max will be able to pee on his own and if it looks like he will need the reconstruction. So we will see how things progress in the next month or so.

But for now I am exhausted and I don't know how well Max is going to sleep tonight. He is out on morphine right now so I am off to take advantage of it. Goodnight and I will keep everyone posted.