Reed's Surgery

Reed's surgery was early this morning, and everything went well.  He was a little defiant after the happy shot up his nose.  The nurse kept telling me he would relax in about 5 minutes.  About 10 minutes later, she informed me that some children are a little tougher than others.  Duh?  Needless to say, Reed went back to surgery screaming.  He refused to wear the hospital gown, and he would not let them take his shoes. 

 

The doctor came out after about 15 minutes to inform me that he was finished, and it took three stitches.  I was able to comfort him in the recovery room as he was waking, and he wasn't happy.  He threw a fit about the monitor on his toe and refused to drink juice or eat a popsicle.  I pulled a quick one on him and poured the juice in his cup.  He went for it and drank it all.  The nurses were pleased and processed all the paperwork to get us released. Of course when I stood up with Reed, he vomited everywhere. (and twice more in the truck on the way home)

Ryland was a trooper this morning.  He comforted Reed and told him everything would be OK.  He was really sweet and patient.  He is such a great big brother!

Tongue Tied

Reed will have surgery in the morning to release his tongue tie.  We have been talking about it often today, and he seems to understand.  I snapped a picture of him sticking his tongue out, so we can compare it to after the surgery.  We have done this exercise so many times hoping it would stretch or tear.  I have noticed improvement but not enough. This is as far as he can stick out his tongue, and notice the middle indention.  It almost creates a upside down heart where the lingual frenulum is connected.  We are hoping that everything goes well, and the corrective surgery will be beneficial for speech.

 

ENT

Reed had an appointment with our ENT today to check on his tongue.  The doctor agreed that the tongue release procedure needs to be done as soon as possible to not cause any speech delay.  I scheduled the surgery for April 5th.