One Long Day

On Wednesday Crew was circumcised. As all of you probably already know, this usually happens to little boys within the first week of their birth. But for our little guy we had to wait until he was at least 6 months old. This is because of his Hemophilia. The doctors don't recommend giving him factor when he is so small because they worry his body will create an inhibitor to the medication and therefor not work later on in his life. So we waited at their advice, it was not a fun day, but it is probably for the better.

Crew was such a champ! Seriously, I don't know how we got so lucky! He wasn't allowed to have anything to eat when he woke up that morning so I thought we were going to have a monster on our hands, but he acted perfectly fine. It was like he forgot that he might be hungry. Thank heavens. Really, the only time he even fussed was when they had to put the IV in and he really let the nurses have it for messing with him but as soon as they were done, so was he.

Crew was in surgery for about 1 1/2 hours and then in recovery for about 1/2 hour before we could see him. I was getting very anxious at the end to see him. I couldn't understand what was taking so long. But is it surgery I guess. At that point he wasn't very happy. He was in quite a bit of pain and we were waiting for the medication to kick in. Once it did, he fell right asleep. For the rest of the day he was pretty clingy and just wanted to be held and loved. I had no problem with that. And once he finally fell asleep at about midnight, he slept til 8 am and woke up a new man. Like nothing had happened! He really is a champ! We are so happy he is doing so well. What an amazing recovery! The little man before he knew what was coming
Here he is with Steve. He had the magic touch.
This is his IV in his foot that they put in initially to put him out for the surgery.
Here is the stud man still all hooked up. Notice the green bandage on his right arm... That is his PIC line. It is a stronger version of an IV. It has to stay in his arm for a week so that we can give him his factor (clotting medicine) for about 6 or so days. Steve has really stepped up on this one. (and the last one). We have to give him 4 shots before bed every night. Crew doesn't seem to notice what we are even doing. Unless he wants his hand for something. But really he is the cutest little boy and I hate seeing him poked and strapped, but am so glad he is so great about it. We are so lucky he has such a great little temperament! We love you Crew!