Crew's Surgery

When Crew was born, they did not circumcise him because he had a chordae, which means that his little wiener was crooked. We knew after that that when he was 6 months old they would have to put him out and fix the chordae and circumcise him. Time seemed to fly by and it was here before we knew it. Daniel, my mom and I took Crew to Children's Mercy to get it fixed by a specialist on December 27. I was a nervous wreck because they were going to take my baby and put him out. They explained everything in detail before the surgery, & they were going to do these things:
      - use gas to put him out.
      - put tube down his throat just in case.
      - fix chordae using extra skin and then circumcise.
      - give him a shot like an epidural to help with the pain for 6-12 hours after surgery.

We got there at 11:30 and had to go through many people explaining exactly what they were going to do. As you can see, Crew was happy as he could be even though he hadn't had a bottle in 4 hours.

 The nurse had us put on this sweet little gown for Crew and he loves to not have clothes on so he enjoyed the gown. Sweet little thing just kept grinning for her.

 They had to listen to his heart, get his blood pressure and also do height and weight. This big boy weighed 16 lbs. He had a hard time sitting still, though and we even had to move to another machine because he kept wanting to kick his legs and move around. :)

 By now it was close to 1:00 and Crew was hungry for a bottle. But, Daddy loved on him and even gave him a paper towel to keep him entertained until they took him back.

 Grammy came along too. She sure loves you, Crew!

 This is where we had to give Crew to the nurses. Mom & Dad were pretty strong, but I think we each had a few tears. This is also where we picked him up when the surgery was over. We were so glad to see him & just wanted to hold him when he was done, so we forgot to take pictures afterwards.

 This was Crew right before we put him in the carseat to go home around 4:30. He did such a good job and was such a good baby. He slept most of that night, but wasn't very fussy. The next day we gave him his strong medicine but the next day he was so happy we didn't give him any medicine & he was totally back to normal. He is such a trooper & we are so glad it is over!!! We love you Crew!