Joe's Surgery

Joe was born with an ear tag, which is just extra skin that grew by his ear.  Here is my super cute boy just a few days before the surgery.

He didn't want to go to the Dr to have his ear fixed.  We had explained as best we could what was going to happen, but he kept insisting that the Dr fix my ear instead.  I don't really blame him.  He was fairly well behaved until we had to get his wrist band on, his blood pressure checked, and his surgery clothes on.  He squirmed and cried pretty good through each of those and I was so grateful Jeremy took the day off work to help me those tasks!

But when we went to go play with the toys, he was pretty content.

They gave him a doll that he could color on and use to show what would happen to him, like putting a mask over his mouth for the anesthesia, etc.

Since we couldn't go back with him to be with him while he went under, they gave him a relaxant to help with the anxiety of leaving us.  Boy did that work well!  He was my happy little camper after that!

Here's a video of him being out of it.  Just prior to this video, he kept laying down, but then asking to sit back up.  I realized that he wasn't wanting to lay down, his little body just kept doing it, which is why you see me "catching" him in the video.

And this is the wagon they used to carry him into the OR

We were warned that the medicine given him to relax him would also make his cranky as he came out of it.  So he also had a hard time calming down after coming out of the anesthesia.  He kept insisting he wear his shoes.  He wouldn't drink or eat anything, he just wanted his shoes on.  So we got him dressed ASAP, and then he was great once he knew he was leaving.  They let him pick out a prize and he chose a teddy bear.  Here he is, finally happy in the car with his bear, juice, and graham cracker.

And finally, here is an after picture of his ear.