A Day at the Hospital

David had surgery today to remove the rod and all the bolts they inserted into his leg last year. Surgery was scheduled for 7:15 so we were told to be there at 6 ... which meant we needed to leave the house at 5:15 at the latest. With Madeleine. Good times.

So I waited until the last minute to wake the little bear and we left with Elmo backpack packed. Dropped David off and went into the kid's waiting room since it is more Madeleine friendly than the adult waiting room ... of course this later caused problems even though I told the nurse where we would be AND I had a buzzer.

So by 8:30 we had breakfast, admired the fish in the fish tank, watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, played Memory, colored, put the train tracks together with another little boy and read about 20 books. By 9 o'clock the ONE snack David had packed in the backpack (and a fruit snack at that) was gone. Seriously, who packs a lousy fruit snack for an almost 3 year old and a 6 month pregnant woman, knowing we had at least 5 hours at the hospital. David lost snack packing privileges at that point (which was probably his intent). All in all, a good time.

Nurse came out at 9:00 ... and told us the anesthesiologist called in sick and David went in more than an hour late. 10:00 Madeleine melted down.

Anyway, the surgery was successful. Took out all the hardware (the rod was green, which I found interesting for some reason) and they said all the tissue looked healthy. They took samples to make sure the MRSA was gone. It was close to 12:30 when we finally got out of there and headed home. Madeleine and I then took a 3.5 hour nap :)

Interestingly enough, David is in a lot of pain. With all the surgeries he had last year he never had any pain - only a dull ache. A sign that maybe there was some more nerves healing in his spine?