Beckett's surgery went way better than expected! We are so thankful! His original date was Jan.15th but his ENT had a family emergency and rescheduled for the 23rd. We went in on Saturday and were admitted to a room. They took us to the Surgery department from there. 
Mike went into the OR with Beck to see him go under. I from the waiting area heard Beck scream and then not 15 seconds later, Mike walked out. I, of course was wondering what happened but Mike said they put the mask on him as he screamed and Beck went to dreamland. We waited in the waiting room for what seemed like a long time but it was really just over an hour. I think I checked the progress screens at least 50 times in that hour. Then Dr. P came in and said everything went well. She put in the ear tubes, took out the adenoids (which she said were good size), and did the bronch/laryngoscopy. She did not find any cysts or obstructions but did say that it was ANGRY in there, pretty red and inflamed. That is a sign of aspiration or reflux. She is choosing to go with reflux. So she put him on medicine for that.
We got to go back to the PACU where my baby boy was waiting very impatiently. We walked up just as they were giving him morphine and a bottle of sugar water. He was so funny on the morphine. Talk about looped!!! Anyways, his O2 sats were great right after the surgery but we were told that was just because the bronchoscopy opened everything up. We had to wait awhile but were finally taken up to PICU.
Dr. P put us up there thinking respiratory wise, Beck was going to be in bad shape. He really wasn't at all. They took the IV out right away and Beck ate, slept and played all afternoon. He would stand at the sliding glass doors to his room and say Hi and Bye to all who would look his way. Oxygen-wise, his sats eventually decreased to his normal and overnight even lower than his normal. We did have to up his O2 but that was not a big deal. We were still discharged Sunday morning.
Beckett and Doggy both with their canulas
We are not really sure what to expect now. Beckett's O2 sats are dipping fairly low when he pulls his canula out. His pediatrician thinks that given Beck's track record, it will be awhile before his sats get normal if they are going to. If we see progress during the days we can test him at night and the final test will be to do another sleep study to see if the central apnea resolved. If we do not see any drastic changes, we could be looking at a tonsillectomy next, a swallow study and who knows what else. We are hopeful that we have some new information so that we can better understand what is going on in our little boy.
Mike went into the OR with Beck to see him go under. I from the waiting area heard Beck scream and then not 15 seconds later, Mike walked out. I, of course was wondering what happened but Mike said they put the mask on him as he screamed and Beck went to dreamland. We waited in the waiting room for what seemed like a long time but it was really just over an hour. I think I checked the progress screens at least 50 times in that hour. Then Dr. P came in and said everything went well. She put in the ear tubes, took out the adenoids (which she said were good size), and did the bronch/laryngoscopy. She did not find any cysts or obstructions but did say that it was ANGRY in there, pretty red and inflamed. That is a sign of aspiration or reflux. She is choosing to go with reflux. So she put him on medicine for that.We got to go back to the PACU where my baby boy was waiting very impatiently. We walked up just as they were giving him morphine and a bottle of sugar water. He was so funny on the morphine. Talk about looped!!! Anyways, his O2 sats were great right after the surgery but we were told that was just because the bronchoscopy opened everything up. We had to wait awhile but were finally taken up to PICU.
Dr. P put us up there thinking respiratory wise, Beck was going to be in bad shape. He really wasn't at all. They took the IV out right away and Beck ate, slept and played all afternoon. He would stand at the sliding glass doors to his room and say Hi and Bye to all who would look his way. Oxygen-wise, his sats eventually decreased to his normal and overnight even lower than his normal. We did have to up his O2 but that was not a big deal. We were still discharged Sunday morning.
Beckett and Doggy both with their canulasWe are not really sure what to expect now. Beckett's O2 sats are dipping fairly low when he pulls his canula out. His pediatrician thinks that given Beck's track record, it will be awhile before his sats get normal if they are going to. If we see progress during the days we can test him at night and the final test will be to do another sleep study to see if the central apnea resolved. If we do not see any drastic changes, we could be looking at a tonsillectomy next, a swallow study and who knows what else. We are hopeful that we have some new information so that we can better understand what is going on in our little boy.
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what a trooper your boy is! Thanks for the update. We continue to pray for Beck.
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