Andrew's adventures at Lutheran Hospital

Waiting...don't these people know how hard it is to keep a one-year old busy when you can't give them anything to eat or drink?!?!?!

Monkeyin' with the pulse ox and blood pressure stuff.

Running out to the hallway to visit with the nurses.

Still waiting...seriously people!

Nurse Jackie came and took Andrew back for the surgery. I have to say that all of the staff was very, very nice and Andrew was definitely well taken care of!

After...he was a little grouchy at first but after some snuggling with momma, and his blankie, and started feeling better. And of course the fact that he could finally have something to drink helped too!

Andrew's surgery was amazingly short and went very well. I'd say the total time it took from them taking him to the OR to bringing him back to me was about 45 minutes. So 45 minutes to knock him out, do the surgery, then take him to recovery for him to wake up. Of course we had to be there at 6:30-yuck! And they didn't take him back for the surgery until 7:30, that was the hardest part. We ended up sitting around for about 30 minutes, waiting for him to be taken back. It is so stinkin' hard to keep a mobile one-year old busy for thirty minutes! Especially when he is starving and thirsty and you can't do anything about it. So there were lots of little tantrums. Thankfully the staff at Lutheran were very nice and took very good care of him, well us I suppose. We had to stay there another 20 minutes or so after they brought him out of recovery just to keep monitoring him to make sure he came out of the anesthetic ok. He chugged some pedialyte, and man was he happy to be able to have something to drink!

By the time we left the hospital he was a happy camper. I think he was happier that we were leaving! He waved and said bye, bye to the nurses...he even blew them a couple kisses! Since he was feeling so good I decided to go visit my dad at work. Plus I figured my dad wouldn't mind a surprise visit. We actually went up to my dad's floor, he works at EMC, so he could show Andrew off to his co-workers. Of course they all loved him! By then all Andrew was focused on was his cereal. On the way to my dad's building from the parking garage he discovered the bowl of cereal in the diaper bag so he was busy feasting! (A side note for the other moms out there...Pops Cereal came out with some new flavors, they come in a bag and you can mix them to get different combinations. There's marshmallow, milk chocolate, fudge, strawberry, and graham...I just get the graham because my boys haven't had any of the other super sweet cereals yet.) He just kept shoveling the Pops in, he looked like a little hamster or chipmunk! It was cute. I think dad was glad for the distraction! Plus I don't think his boss minded one bit :p (He's kind of his own boss lol!)

After leaving EMC we headed home. We made a couple of quick stops in Ankeny and then were glad to finally make it home! Andrew was still so hungry that he was dying for lunch by then...11:30. So I made grilled cheese sandwiches because the boys love them and they are quick. Andrew ate THE WHOLE SANDWICH!!!! Usually he eats about half of it. Oh no! He ate the entire thing minus one crust-the first little sliver I cut off to start cutting the sandwich. He also ate some peas, bbq chips, and some fresh apple chunks. He was definitely a starvin' Marvin! :)

Now that he's had a good meal, a nap, and some time to play, he is already a much happier boy than before! I am really looking forward to some better nights ahead!!!