First, we are humbled by all who are praying for the boys. Thanks and love and hugs to you all.
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This morning started early for all of us. I woke up Samuel last night at 10:30pm to get some food in him. He ate only a little bit, then had a little juice at 4:30am today. He seemed OK and not starving this morning.
David ate this morning at 4:15am. He didn't eat much, unfortunately, and he is hungry already. Thankfully he can have clear liquids up until about 10:00am, so hopefully he will be happy with that.
Samuel just went in for surgery. When we all went back to the prep area, Samuel started screaming and crying. He saw plastic bins (like the ones the phlebotomist has the vials in at our lab) and he absolutely freaked out. (side note: I don't know if I shared that he has had two blood draws with no luck because he was so freaked out and traumatized by the first evil-phlebotomist who dug around in his arm for way too long) He was inconsolable for a while, and eventually came out of it when Jason held him. When the anesthesiologist came in, he gave Samuel a mask with bubble gum scent inside. We played with it for a while, and he put on a surgical glove, and Jason made a surgical glove balloon... He seemed OK at that point with the docs and nurses walking in and out (thank you Lord). Samuel seemed happy when Jason carried him back, and only fussed a little when the mask was on him and blowing in his face. We waited in the waiting area for 20 minutes, and the ENT came out and said he was done with his part... so far so good!
Now we can just hang out for about two hours until they need to prep David.
Hang out and
We are blessed with amazing people taking care of our munchkins today: the anesthesiologist, the plastic surgeon, the ENT, and each of the nurses we saw this morning.
More to come in a few hours when we know more...
Have a beautiful day,
(((hugs))),
chris
Praying all goes well.
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