Surgery Update

Today was Calvin's eye muscle surgery, and it went really well. I believe God filled Calvin, Dan, and me with peace and strength during this intense day. Here is the play-by-play:

5:30 am -I woke Calvin up to go to the hospital. Within 5 seconds of opening his eyes, he was asking for milk in sign language. Though Cal continued to ask (with sign language, anyway) periodically over the next 2 hours, he did amazingly well with not having breakfast.

6:00-6:30 am- Dan met us at the hospital in the pre-op area after getting off of work for the night. Calvin greeted his daddy by immediately showing Dan his yellow truck, rolling it on the ground, and making the appropriate noises. So sweet. Then he jumped into Dan's arms. Cal was a pretty happy guy just hanging out with his daddy for awhile.

6:30-7:00 The nurses started taking Calvin's temperature, oxygen saturation, etc. There was much breath-holding and screaming during this process. A tired and hungry guy doesn't have much reserve. Putting on the cute little tiger hospital gown was the final straw. Calvin just whimpered on verge of crying while cuddling with Daddy after that.

7:00-7:30 The nurse designated which eye was to be operated on with a marker, and Calvin was given a little sedative. The little cranky buddy perked up and was loopy! He smiled at everyone, throwing his head back and around like his head was spinning. Then he started pointing at all the lights like they looked funny. We just laughed! Having Calvin happy made it easier for Dan to take him away from me to the operating room.

7:30-9:30 Dan took Calvin back to have anesthesia (I couldn't go since I am pregnant). After putting the mask on Cal, he was out immediately. Dan went home to sleep (much needed!) and I waited with my friend, Amanda. Dr. Wallace came out after about an hour and said all went well. We will know the status of the eye alignment after about 6 weeks.

9:30-10:30 Calvin finally woke up, so I got to go see Cal in the recovery area. He was so sweet! Still half-asleep, he drank pedialyte and milk, and ate graham crackers like crazy (though slowly as he was still very sleepy) while resting the full weight of his head on my chest. Thankfully, he didn't have any problems with nausea. After waking up a bit more, getting the IV out, and getting dressed Cal was discharged.

10:45-12:00 I expected to come home with Cal, read a couple books, and put him to bed. He had other ideas. He immediately started pointing to his blue ball and squirmed out of my arms to play. He was a happy little guy for about 30 mintues or so before he started to want more food and sleep. By noon he was asleep for 3 hours.

Upon waking up from his nap, Cal was his normal self for a little while! He played like crazy.

Here is the proof (the signing at the end is Calvin asking Dan to push him around the house):

Here is what Calvin's eye looks like now. The white of his eye is pretty red irritated. It is supposed to feel like there is sand in the eye for a couple of days, but Tylenol and Ibuprofin are supposed to take care of the pain.

We don't have to worry about patching the eye for a few weeks, so for now, we'll just do drops twice a day to help the eye heal.

This has been quite a day! Thank you for your prayers and support!