Surgery day...

We are up and out the door rather early.  We arrived at the Lenox Hill Hospital, got checked in and waited until they called us back.  When they called Morgan's name I remember thinking "This is It!"  We were taken to an area to get dressed, I was given full surgery garb from head to toe.  They took me into the prep area to wait with Morgan until they did the pre-op necessities.  Morgan really surprised me, didn't seem nervous at all.  The only think he was worried about was the IV.  The anesthesiologist came in and talked with us and assured Morgan he would put him to sleep first with a mask and then insert the IV. The nurse came to get us to take us to the operating suite.  Doc Romo was already there waiting for us.  The nurse told Morgan to get up on the bed/table and he looked alittle nervous and Doc R slid his stool over to him and said "Hold up a minute...Ok Morgan this is what we are going to do...we are going to get you on the table and put a few leads on your chest and get you comfortable. You will fall asleep and before you know it the surgery will be over!"  "OK?"  "Can you sit up here for me?" Morgan wasn't scared anymore...

The leads were put on his chest and music was playing and the anesthesiologist was asking Morgan what his favorite food was ...and then he said " Mom go ahead and give him a kiss." I kissed him on the forehead and he was out...snoring rather loudly I might add!  I hugged Dr Romo and thanked him and I was led out of the room.  It was hard leaving him, tears streaming down my face but I knew this would change his life forever, and maybe just maybe he would feel good about himself...and I hoped no one would ever pick on him again.  I was taken to the dressing area to change and back to a small waiting area.  It would take several hours until he would be done.  I took a walk to a local coffee shoppe for a bagel and coffee. 

Dr Romo walked in the room and said he is all done, resting nicely and all went well.  I stood up to hug him and thank him again.....he just said very modestly..."It's just what we do."  I can not say enough what a great man he is, kind, gentle and caring.  I do not know how to show him how much this means to me as a mom, or how to explain the difference he has made in our lives.  I truly believe he is an angel in scrubs!   He led me down the hallway to the recovery area and there he was resting.  He said the nurses will explain what would happen, and once Morgan was ready we would be moved to the final recovery area.  He was laying there so peaceful, but not for long.  As he woke up he just wanted to get up and leave...not a very good patient coming out of anesthesiology!!!  We had to fignt with him a little to get him to relax and rest until he was more awake.  He had head gear on to protect his ears...looked alot like the gear he wore in wrestling.  As I understand it Dr Romo had the headgear designed himself.  When he woke enough we were able to move to the final area before being discharged.  The nurses and staff were wonderful!

We were then moved to an area with small curtained rooms where the nurses monitored him and tried to get him to drink and eat a few crackers.  He fell asleep again and we waited awhile until he could be awake enough to keep fluids down.  We were discharged, and we took a taxi back to the RMH.  I got him to the room and propped him up on pillows.  He slept most of the afternoon.  The other family that was there to have the same surgery was two floors up.  They wanted to run a fruit arrangement to Doc Romos office so I stayed behind, going between both rooms checking on the boys.  They both slept pretty well.  When Morgan woke up we went to the dining room and I made him something to eat.  We stopped by the room of the other family to see how their son was doing.  They were both amazing...well Morgan was until his one side of the head gear slipped off...and onto the floor. It really scared him and me too...I picked it up and quickly attached the velcro to the top pieces from the other side.  So quickly I forgot to look to see how his ear looked...I remember saying..." I could have looked...I could have looked...!!!!"  He didn't really want me to mess with it and I was afraid it would come off again.  We weren't scheduled to go in for it to be checked until Friday.  So I called the office and within minutes Dr  Romo called and said we should come by the office first thing in the morning.  Again all I can say is he is amazing!!!!


I gave Morgan his pain medicine even though he really said it didn't hurt much.  He also took his antibiotic too.  We woke and had breakfast in the dining hall.  When we got here we weren't sure what to buy or how much food we would need.  There is a bakery that brings in pastries and they have coffee there too so breakfast was easy!  I also found out most evenings different corporations/businesses bring in dinners so really all we needed was lunch.  We took a cab to the office and Michelle greeted us and led us back to an exam room.  Dr Romo came in took the head gear off and changed the dressings by the drainage tubes.  I grabbed my phone a snapped a few pictures...he looked AMAZING!!!!

Dr Romo had me put the head gear back on just incase it came loose I would know what to do.  With the head gear back intact we were ready to go back to the RMH.   I had talked to Diane about possibly going home on Friday if all went well, but Dr R said we needed to stay until Monday to be sure, he would see us that morning.  So it looks like we will be in NYC for the whole week.  When we got back to the RMH we checked the schedule for the Camp and found there were events for us to take part in all week.  Morgan really felt pretty good so we were planning to see what we could of the city too.  It was going to be an exciting week !!