We Are Home!!

Benjamin is home now....thank goodness!! His surgery went very well. The doctor said his tonsils and adenoids were very enlarged and they definitely needed to come out. He said his recovery would take about a week or two and he should be on the road to more restful nights. After surgery, Benjamin was wheeled back to his room in his little hospital crib and he was sitting straight up in the crib crying. His face and neck were swollen and he just looked pitiful. He slept all day long. He only woke up for minutes at a time and would NOT drink anything. He didn't start drinking any fluids until around 10:00 last night. The nurses were telling us that if he didn't start drinking soon that he would not get to come home today. Couldn't imagine that one! Benjamin started feeling quite a bit better around midnight and wanted to go to the playroom down the hall. I wasn't sure how he would do in the playroom since he was still very weak and had not even stood on his own two feet since before surgery that morning. When we got to the playroom he saw a little red wagon and wanted to pull it around. So, Mom held one of his hands while he pulled the wagon with the other. We went around and around the 4th floor what seemed like a million times. He finally wanted to go back to the room and get a popsicle. By this time he had already eaten a few popsicles and wanted another one! The nurse said that she thought he was hungry and the popsicles were just not doing the trick......so....she went and got him some chicken noodle soup and he ate it and did really well with it. She was right! After the chicken noodle soup, we all laid down to get some sleep. We slept about 1 and 1/2 hours and Benjamin's IV came loose at one of the ports and backed up and blood got on his pillow and sheets, so we had to wake up and get the nurse and deal with that. Benjamin never went back to sleep after the IV incident. He has STILL not went back to sleep! He is watching a show on TV right now. Since we got in the van to come home, he has not cried any and he has eaten a pancake. I told him it was naptime after his show. Hopefully he will get some much needed rest today. I know the next few days will be challenging and rough for him, but the Lord will see us through. He has so far. Thank you all for your prayers. Please continue to pray. I will try and keep you all updated on his progress. Take care!

P.S. The picture above was before surgery. Isn't his little gown so cute? He hated it!! He took it off before it was time to go back to surgery. He was reaching for the camera in this pic. He loves to take pictures. :)