Miles surgery was a few days shy of one month ago. His rib grafting scab has finally fallen off, which was the source of quite a bit of drama in our house. It decided to fall off in two parts, so we got to repeat the whole episode a couple of days apart. Miles' ear is healing well. He only wears the ear cup at night by Dr. Bonilla's recommendation and is back to being able to swim in the pool. School will start soon and we will have to make some adjustments there, but we hope he will be careful enough that we don't have to worry. His next surgery to start side two is on October 3rd. He doesn't want to go back because it "hurt", but we told him that is not an option and he seems to be okay with that......for now. I think a month of school will be enough of a distraction that we should be ready to go again by then. The time will go by fast and I'm not sure how ready we will be, but we have learned a few things that will hopefully help us the second time around:
-No Versed before surgery, wasn't worth the drama
-Benadryl immediately out of surgery to help relax him during his waking stage
-He will feel worse after the epidural wears off
-Not to stress over constipation after surgery
-He will only need the pain pills for 2 days after, but load up on Tylenol for the next 4
-Miles is going to freak out about everything and we have to be okay with that!!!
We are still very happy with how he has healed and the results after stage one. As much as we are looking forward to the next stage, there is more anticipation for all of this to be behind us and since we are just starting out, that seems forever away!
