Surgery 6/29/12

 
Michael has suffered from asthma and 3 weeks ago he was having an especially bad time with Bronchitis and Asthma he coughed so hard that he gave himself an inguinal hernia. We rushed him to the ER and they were able to push the intestines back in so that we didn't have to have an emergency surgery. We set up the surgery for June 29th. (Thanks to Ann and Charity who helped take care of the other kiddos while we were with Michael)

This is Chris and Michael before the surgery. Chris was dressed in sterile covers because he got to carry Michael to the operating room and hold him as they put the mask on him to put him to sleep. Chris said that when they showed him the mask he started to cry and said I don't want to have that on me. But after only a couple of seconds he was out.

  We were only waiting for about 30 min for the surgery and then they brought us to Michael. Michael was still asleep, he tossed and turned a bit and even sat up straight in bed with wide eyes but would then flop back down on the bed. Finally he woke up completely and was just so cute, he smiled and said, "I love you Mom" then to Dad, "Can I play on your I Phone?"

Michael said that the best part about surgery was that he got to Eat 2 bowls of Ice cream and 2 cups of pudding. 

Michael is sad that he can't go swimming with us but he loves to show off his wound to everyone, so it kinda makes up for it. :)