Well some of you know we have had one heck of a time trying to get our little man circumcised. I never felt either way about it, but hubby wanted it done so before birth we decided to get it done. Now, in retrospect, WHY didn't we tell people immediately? I don't know. You can bet your bottom we will be doing so next time.
At the hospital, we were told that my OBGYN could do it, well, that didn't happen. No idea where communication broke down but she never did it, we were told by an administrator that our insurance wouldn't cover it at the hospital (which we later discovered it would have).
While seeing Andrew's pediatrician we were given a list of doctors that could do the procedure. We spent 3 months searching but couldn't find anywhere that would do it.
Finally, at Andrew's 6 month appointment we learned he had
Phimosis. This meant that our insurance would cover the procedure at a urologist the pediatrician referred us to. Later that month we met the doctor, talked everything out and set a date.
At the end of August we went in but #1 we had the wrong location so we were 30 minutes late. #2 we misunderstood their instructions so Andrew had eaten too recently. They sent us home and rescheduled for a month later.
SO long story's end... we went in yesterday and got the whole thing over with finally, and man. Little dude is a trooper.
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| Diaper bag, breakfast, etc packed and ready to go |
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| Time to get going! |
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| Little man is very confused why he is up before it's light out and why there is not a bottle in his mouth. |
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| Needed a Pumpkin Spice Latte to start the day.... |
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| All Children's Hospital |
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| Playing with daddy in the waiting room |
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| Still so sleepy... 1.5 hours without a bottle after waking up |
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| He loooooved the bars. Even more than his toys lol |
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| Pre-op room |
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| In his little gown |
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| Paperwork |
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| See what I mean about those bars??? |
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| Kisses from mommy |
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| Bottle after waking up |
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| He was very cuddly |
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| Waiting at the pharmacy |
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| Kid is on hydrocodone. He gets very smiley and giggly after a dose lol |
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| We thought he deserved a maple biscuit after the day he had haha |
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| Playing after a pain med dose |
He seriously did SO good. It was about 3 hours of no bottle after being woken up early, and similarly 3 hours of no naps before he got wheeled in to the OR. He had caudal anesthesia (which is basically like a baby epidural that allows the bottom half to be numb longer (making the ride home easier) and is easier to wake up from).
I will admit to tearing up when they wheeled him away, it sucks that you have to let them go on their own for scarier things like that. We were to wait in a consultation room for the 45 minute procedure, the Doctor came in and said everything went perfectly. We then got a beeper and were sent to a family waiting room for about 30 minutes.
We then were led to the recovery room. Baby was still pretty lethargic until he finished his 2 ounces of Glucose Water and then he let us know he was awake and hungry lol! The nurses said he was very good and calm and of course he was flirting with them all.
We were able to dress him right away and give him a bottle and some pain meds. After 30 minutes of making sure he had no reaction to the hydrocodone we were sent down to the pharmacy for the rest of his prescription. 15 minutes later we were in the car on the way home.
All the nurses were very nice, helpful, patient and kind. The doctors were fantastic and the atmosphere was great. The parking meters were part of parkmobile so we could extend our parking limit on our phones from the waiting rooms, and it really was a very quick process! All in all, I'm very pleased with how it went and even happier it is over!!
After coming home, he napped for a few hours and woke up in a lot of pain, so we quickly gave him another dose with lunch and he did great with it - no nausea, yay! He had one more dose before bed and the rest of the time was very content to roll around on the floor all evening.
Well, I have been awake for almost 24 hours now so I think it's about time for bed. Since Andrew gets a pain med dose every 4 hours I am sure the morning (after 12 hours of sleep with no pain meds) will be pretty....um...fun. For all of us lol
TTFN! <3
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