Brody's Surgery

So Brody had his surgery the day before Thanksgiving. We had to be at the hospital by 8am. We arrived and everything happened very quickly. They took us back to the prep area. We changed him into a hospital gown. They gave him some medicine through his nose to calm him down a little and then they took him. We weren't allowed into the surgery area. The hardest part for me was watching them take him away and him being scared and crying. The surgery took less then an hour. The surgeon came in and said everything went great. He explained everything he did. He said he thinks there is only about a 5% chance of this reoccurring. About 10 minutes later they brought Brody to us. He still looked scared and was very out of it. I was able to sit in the chair and just hold him. He drank a cup of juice and they offered him a popsicle which he wasn't very interested in. About 15 minutes later we were in the car and headed home. He was a little groggy the rest of the day but was back to his old self for Thanksgiving. He was running around and playing like normal. The hard part was trying to get him to take it easy. We had our follow up appointment a week later. The doctor said everything looks really good. We just need to watch that it doesn't get infected. I'm so glad this is over. It was a very emotional experience for us. I'm sure Brody won't remember any of it but I definitely will. We have to go back for one more follow up visit in a couple of months and then hopefully we can put this whole thing behind us. Thanks to all of our wonderful family and amazing friends. We really appreciated all the love and support during this entire ordeal.

Here is the lump the night before surgery.

Right after surgery, I was so happy to have my baby back in my arms!

His little foot.

His IV.

His bandage.

This was about 5 days after surgery.

This was taken the same day as the pic above. It just looks worse close up.

It's a bigger scar then I expected but I'm just glad he is ok!