Kohlton's Surgery and Recovery!

Well Kohlton's surgery went great! It didn't slow him down much at all actually.  Chris and I got up around 6:00 that morning to make sure everything was ready and all we had to do was get Kohlton up right before we left. We got Kohlton up at about 6:25 and was out of the apartment by 6:35.  He was not very excited to be awake so early but was still very ready to go.  Right when we got to the clinic and after I filled out all of the paperwork they took us to a kids room, which was really nice. It was farmyard themed and there were a few toys in there for him to play with. They had us change him into his hospital gown and some socks.

Our little patient is ready to go!

This is what Kohlton's thumb looked like before surgery

They later came in to get his vitals and what not. The doctors and nurses were all very nice and Kohlton wasn't afraid of them at all. The nurse came in and gave him something so that he would be kinda loopy so it would be as scary leaving us when it was time for him to go.  After they gave him the medicine he calmed down and it was kinda funny because he was acting silly. He could barely walk and was talking funny.

 

Finally they came and got him. I'm so grateful at that point that our pastor came to sit with us. He really helped me keep my mind off of what was actually happening.  The doctor came back to get us to let us know how everything went. He said everything went great and then gave us instructions on how to treat the wound and what not. We then proceeded back to the waiting area to wait for Kohlton to come out of anesthesia, we were told it could take 10 minutes to an hour all depending on how they were reacting to it. We got called within 5 minutes of sitting down. We were went back there we would hear Kohlton crying and a nurse was holding him in his diaper wrapped in a blanket. That was the first point of where I wanted to cry. I then took him and he tried to get the bandage off as well as the iv out of his other arm. I didn't realize how strong he was. haha.  He cried for nearly 30 minutes before we could get him calmed down.  He was extremely thirsty and hungry so we gave him apple juice/water, applesauce, a Popsicle, and part of a cookie. Of course he didn't eat all of that but he did drink about half a liter of liquids.  The first time he grabbed for his cup with is hand he just screamed. The nurse finally gave him Ibuprofen and that helped a ton. Finally he decided he was okay enough to go to daddy. 

They were watching Princess Sofia! haha...

The nurse came in to take out his IV. He did this very well :)

Even got his blood pressure taken! 

 After they did all this they gave him the okay to go home. We were home by around 10 that morning. Kohlton came home with two more stuffed animals ( a teddy bear and a tiger) and two new books for being such a brave little boy.

Once we got home he did a great job of keeping it elevated.

But since I have a little boy of course he was back to his normal self by about noon. Daddy was home so all he wanted to do was rough play :) lol... Which about gave me a heart attack every time because I didn't want him to hurt his hand obviously. 

After Kohlton took his nap he just wanted to curl up on the couch

or with Daddy!

And don't forget some Mommy cuddles!

If you can't tell Chris fell asleep (which never happens)
He is going to kill me when he sees I posted this lol

Kohlton was also spoiled and the other Sunday School teacher sent him some balloons
and Oreo cookies :) 

This is Kohlton moving his thumb the next morning :) 

 

 

 

 

 

A week after his surgery Kohlton is back to normal for the most part we still have a gauze bandage on his hand because he won't keep just a band-aid on it, which is fine with me since he is a little bit of a wild man. I had my doctor look at it yesterday at my appointment and she said it was looking good. So we go back to the surgeon on Feb. 13 for a two week checkup.  We did have to make a run to urgent care on Sunday because Kohlton had a double ear infection but other than that he is my normal happy little boy.

I want to thank you all for all of your thoughts and prayers as we went through this little journey. They were very much appreciated and we thank you.