4 Guys and a Mom: Surgery 09/22/09

The morning of Surgery we arrived around 8:00 and he was taken back to a room around 8:30. They gave Grayson some Verset (sp?) and Tylenol to make him groggy so it would be easier to do the anesthesia. Unfortunately for our kids, these types of drugs have the opposite affect. He looked very groggy, but was very hyper. The Anesthesiologist came in and said "oh, this is not what I expected, but we will work with it." Tim and I just smiled. After surgery the drugs worked great, he did not wake up for more than 2 hours after arriving in recovery.

The surgery was completed around 10:39 and we were taken back to recovery around11:30 or so. Dr. Dennison ended up putting 2 pins in his thumb to put the bone back in place. He has a splint and sling on for, we hope, 4 weeks. If he can't leave it alone and keeps taking it off we will have to back in to have a hard cast put on. We need him to leave the sling alone so that his arm is not mobile, this reduced the chances of something jaring those pins loose. The first day he kept trying to take it off, but we have decided to put his arm under his shirt. He seems to be doing a lot better this way. It is very hard for him because he is left handed, but he is coping well. The hardest thing now is trying to get him to understand that he cannot ride bike, play in the sandbox, run, jump, climb or play on the playground. Needless to say, he is very bored and has a lot of pent up energy.

Here are some pictures from his memorable day.

Grayson sitting on dad's lap after getting his Dr. cap from the nurse. Grayson called it his pirate hat. I have to say, I do like the sound of Dr. Grayson Paulson!

Grayson in his surgery cap and jammies.

Daddy acting silly with his funny cap.

Grayson had to try it out for size too!

Grayson and Daddy right before they took him back for surgery. Grayson was doing so good, we didn't even have to go back with him. He went right along with the anesthesiologist.