Sawyer's Eye Surgery

 Sawyer finally had his eye surgery on Tuesday.  We were at Dell Children's Hospital Outpatient Surgery Center at 9am Tuesday morning.  Sawyer wasn't his usual bundle of joy because he was hungry and had not been allowed to eat his breakfast.  Denying my kids food never leads to good results.

 

After getting checked in and called back by a nurse, Sawyer was ready to crawl around.  Since I know their floor was definitely cleaner than mine, I let him crawl all around our little patient waiting area which came equipped with its own baby crib prison.  We walk in and they have a medical crib about 3 feet off the floor, and it looked like a baby prison cell.  I had to laugh.

 

Sawyer got his vitals checked.  I was asked the same questions by 5 different people in regards to his medical history.  During that time, Sawyer started to get more and more fussy.  Eventually, he just cried and cried and cried.  He was hungry, and he was pissed off he was not eating.  He screamed and cried for 30 minutes which felt like 3 hours for me.  I was grateful all the doctors and nurses were really nice about it.  They knew he was hungry.  Finally, it was time for them to take him back for surgery.

 

The surgery took about an hour.  Sawyer was finally brought to post-op about an hour and half later.  His hunger had not died down.  I fed him, and he gobbled it down.  Unfortunately, Sawyer had screamed and cried so much and had a tube stuck down his throat, his voice was quite horse.

 

From there, we left the outpatient center an hour later and headed home.  That was it.

 

Sawyer had his follow-up appointment today.  His eyes are perfectly aligned.  He has redness on the inside of his eyes, but it should go away in the next few weeks.  The surgery was a success, and he is doing great.  The doctor is very pleased with the results, and Sawyer taking to the surgery.  Now, we just have to wait and make sure the surgery takes fully.  The doctor will monitor his eyes and vision from here on out.

 

Sweet Success!

 

Sawyer after surgery and finally being fed.  He recovered nicely.