PA Band Surgery

Posted in April 2009

Picture Pefect: Eli one day after surgery

Isaac call's Eli, "Bebe E-i"

Our son resting.

Eli still on the breathing tube, and under anesthetics

Eli two hours after surgery.

Eli's surgery took place on Friday morning. It went really well. Me, Matt, and my dad were expecting to have to wait in the general surgery waiting area for a few hours, but it ended up being about 2 1/2 hours. To keep my mind busy I--Shannon--watched "My Best Friends Wedding" on the area's TV. After we were told that everything went really well we were able to go and see Eli an hour later. There seemed to be more tubes than I had thought that there would be, but he looked like he was in good hands.

Around 6pm they took Eli off of the ventilator. That was a bit of a scary moment. He didn't want to breath very much on his own. He would take a deep breath, then wait--which seemed like forever--till he took another breath. Again, he was in good hands, 5 people were watching and monitoring this for a while.

Friday night turned out to be one of the hardest in my mothering life. Because his breathing was not great they could not give him a lot of pain relievers. Watching my newborn baby boy moan in pain just killed me! However around mid-night he started to improve, and a full dose of morphine was administered.

Eli is now doing just wonderful. The urine catheter , neck line, groin line, and breathing tube are all gone. It was actually all taken out before I got to the hospital Saturday morning. Still not sure when we will be discharged, but hopefully soon. I am ready to take him home!