Seth did incredibly well yesterday, I was really surprised how well he held up. He's a little like me in that he will build something up in his head and create a lot of anxiety for himself. Maybe he's figuring out how to channel that like I had to. Anyway, I'm very proud of him for how he handled himself!
I thought getting the I.V. would be rough for him because to me that was always the worst part, but he barely seemed to notice. Soon after that they gave him some medicine to relax him and it took effect within a minute or so. He was out.of.it. The doctor estimated that surgery would be over between 3 and 5 in the afternoon but he actually came to get us before 2, so it went quicker than expected, which of course you know is good if you've ever tried to occupy yourself or get comfortable in a hospital waiting room for an extended period of time!
We met with his nurse who Wayne and I both have been very impressed with. Very nice guy! We spoke with the surgeon as well as a couple of doctors who will be taking care of Seth over the next few days. They all seemed very happy with how things went. They remarked several times how he must be very sensitive to the medication because it took so little to put him to sleep and then how long it took to wear off afterwards. Wayne and I waited a few hours for him to wake up and talk to us and his nurse to see how he was feeling. He was starting to feel some pain as the anesthesia wore off, so he was given some medicine for that and fell almost right back to sleep.
The thing I was most surprised about is that he was on his back. I expected to go in and see him laying on his stomach. I expected him to be like that and pretty stiff for at least several days. Tomorrow may be a different story as he's feeling more pain and is more aware of his situation but it looks like it won't be as bad as I had expected. His doctor thinks he will come home on Saturday and be walking and sitting. In fact, they will be getting him out of bed tomorrow to practice walking and moving around a little bit. Hopefully those things won't be too painful for him. All I can compare it to to understand how he's feeling is my c-sections and it was very uncomfortable to get up and move after those. Much less lay on the incisions!
Well, we'll know more tomorrow. He's done great so far, so I hope that will continue and maybe that tunnel that I've been visualizing this situation as being will be shorter than I expected.
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