My sweet little Jordan. What an amazing guy you are. To have already gone through 4 surgeries in your short 9 years and to never have complained...well, I think we could all learn a thing or 2 from you. This latest surgery on November 13, 2008 you had your Pronator tendon transfer. This was probably the biggest surgery of all so far, but like the others you handled it amazingly. Here's how the trip to Portland went:
Thursday 4:30am Mommy, Daddy and you left to drive the 5 and 1/2 hours to the hospital. Of course we stopped for lunch, and then to the book store to get you a new book. We checked into the hospital at 1pm and then it was visits from the nurses, care co-coordinator, doctors, anesthesiologist, and more nurses. They went through everything that was going to happen, took all your stats, weighed you, measured you and made sure there was nothing that you were worried about. It was 5:30pm when we were finally done and allowed to go for dinner. Of course it was your choice and of course you picked The Old Spaghetti Factory. We have a wonderful dinner then headed back to the hospital. That night we were all pretty tired. I think that we just watched some T.V and you played some video games, then we hit the sack.
Surgery Day, Friday: We had the dreaded wake up call from the nurse at 5:30am. It was off to the big bath tub for the wonderful Chlorhexidine bath. You don't mind having it, except that the soap is so cold and it stinks!! I washed you all up and got you in the very stylish hospital gown!
Then the nurse came in to numb up your hand for the I.V , and gave you some of that disgusting medicine. It's midazolam and it's so that you don't remember anything. Well, you hate it and when you took it, you sort of gagged and spit some right back in the nurses face. Mommy thought it was a little funny and her fault for having her face so close to yours..lol. Dr Thayer then popped up and talked to us more about the surgery while we were in the elevator on the way down to the holding room. There they gave you a beanie toy, and put the I.V in, which you didn't even realize they had done until you looked down and it was already done! Then it was off to the O.R for you. Of course Mommy cried.
Surgeries NEVER get easier. The first one is just as scary as the 4th one. I try not to cry, but I'm emotional on a good day, never mind surgery day.
3 hours later you were in recovery and doing wonderfully. While you were in surgery, Mom and Dad had gone out and bought you a stuffy to have when you woke up. You loved it and had a big smile on your face. Shortly after it was back up to the room. You pretty much slept for the next 2 hours. You woke up and boy were you hungry! We had to start with ice chips, then jello, and so on. I think you finally got a decent dinner around 6pm. By that time, we had all been to the games room and played ping-pong, pool and air hockey. The nurses were amazed at you and couldn't believe it. They had no problems discharging you at 8:30 the next morning.
As soon as we got home Friday night at 6pm we got ready to go the New West Fire Fighters VS Canucks Alumni hockey game. It was there that your arm started to feel sore. Mommy knew that if you were telling me it's sore, then we are beyond the point of Tylenol. So if was off to the ER to get a prescription for Codeine. The pediatrician there was awesome! Gave us some pain killers and sent us home. You only took 1 of the 4 doses he gave us and never talked of pain again.
The cast came off December 12. All I can say is that I'm truly amazed by this surgery. Not only is it easier for us to suppinate your arm, but I think that you have more finger movement. We are going to work very hard with therapy to try and get you to suppinate it yourself!
I love you my little Trooper.
Mommy!
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