Will's surgery

Today we had Will's endoscopy and biopsy... we waited till the very last possible second for this surgery because we really really did not want to put Will to sleep. But... our Dr. Duffy said since he's been on meds for so long for reflux, that it was time to see what was really going on... so we scheduled his surgery. We didn't tell Will it was happening until about 48 hours in advance... and even then we gave him a watered down hyped up version of how cool this was going to be! Haha. We told him about getting a hospital bracelet, and wearing a gown and being put to sleep while breathing through a mask like the firefighters use. He was really excited... until the morning of and then he was a little nervous. He was a trooper through all the pre-testing.... blood pressure, pulse ox, weight check, chatting with the doctors... they all thought he was cool as a cucumber... Aaron and I knew better though and warned them that he might come out of anesthesia swinging :)

We got him all dressed in his little hospital gown and waited for them to tell us he was ready... when they came for him they gave him the option of walking, or riding on his bed.  He chose to push his bed down the hall instead  :)  Everyone got out of his way and commented how adorable he was... he was pretty darn cute in that little hospital gown!  He did awesome until they showed him the mask and said it was time to go to sleep... he practically jumped off the table into my arms and started crying.  So, we did anesthesia the hard way... with three people holding him down.  I think it was roughest on Mommy  :(  Thankfully he does not remember the mask, or anyone holding him down... we were very worried he would remember.

The procedure took about 10 minutes and then we were back into see him come out of anesthesia.  He was not a happy camper when he woke up and wanted nothing but Mommy to hold him... and the IV out of his arm... poor guy.  He kept asking when we could get out of his place! Haha.  Once he drank some juice and calmed down, they took the IV out and we were on our way! The rest of the day was spent playing video games and watching tv.  The little man is his normal self and is very excited to show his hospital bracelets to his classmates for show and tell on Thursday  :)

** Dr. Duffy said everything looks great from a reflux standpoint.. no damage, no redness.  But they did find a hiatal hernia... which is the reason why he's had so many problems over the years! They are hoping that it will get better as he grows, so they are going to do nothing but keep him on his meds.  They also biopsied a few spots and they will be getting results of those soon.  **