It's already mid-month... okay, so a little past mid-month. Crazy how time flies. We've had a little bit of an eventful new year thus far. Of course, Dirk's time off flew by and then he was back in the saddle by Monday the 4th. That same day, Jaydan was scheduled for a minor surgery and biopsy on a spot on his finger. This was a tragedy for us - major stress.
We arrived at Children's around 9 that morning and registered and waited... then our name was called. That's obviously what we'd been sitting around waiting for but I got nauseated at this point. The doctor and the anesthesiology team greeted us and helped us to feel a bit more calm about the process and what was going to happen over the next 30 minutes. Dirk went back with the staff and aided them in getting Jaydan put under - not something that I would have tolerated very well. Dirk reappeared in the waiting room after mere minutes and then the worst waiting began. We sat and paced for what seemed forever and then the nurse finally found us. Jaydan was awake and asking - well, screaming really - for mom and dad. Unfortunately only one of us could go back with him in recovery. I was chosen. Poor kiddo was pale white and screaming. It took a lot to try to comfort him. We had a popcicle... we tried to get clothes back on... we took out his IV... and then we FINALLY got to go home. He was fairly hysterical until we got into the car and he got a bottle.
For the rest of the day he was really good and didn't seem to have any trouble. The biopsy came back normal and we should have nothing more to worry about... until his next hospital trip, of course.
