Mommy and Zackery left for Phoenix Children's Hospital at 5:45 a.m. to check in by 6:15 a.m. Zackery was just excited that he didn't have to go to school. When we arrived, he was hesitant to put on his hospital clothes, but soon calmed when he got to play with the itouch and go to the toy room. He played a game of Chutes and Ladders with Mom and another pre-op child. He also attempted Operation. By 7:30 a.m., the male nurse summoned us back to our room, where they gave him some liquid sedation to take him down. Within 15 minutes, Zackery was acting goofy and could hardly keep his heavy eyelids open. He attempted many times to lift his head up and he tried to grab the bars on the bed to lift himself up, but the medicine won. I had to keep reminding him to just lie down. Around 8:00 a.m. Daddy got to the hospital. Dad had made sure Layla got on the school bus okay. At 8:15 a.m. the anesthelogist came and wheeled Zackery away.
Even though the surgery was considered minor, we were still so worried as parents do. However, 30 minutes later, the doctor/surgeon had come out to tell us the tonsils were gone and Zackery did wonderful! We began our wait to see if he could go home. The doctor was considering an overnight stay just in case (due to Zackery's medical history). We got to go wait with him in his curtained post-op room, as he snored his last snores. The nurses let him sleep the anesthesia off and soon started trying to wake him up. He was tired. But he drank some apple juice for us and ate an orange popsicle. He also managed to smile for us when we took pictures and quickly off to dreamland he went. We waited for about 3 hours before Zack finally decided to get up and breathe well enough for the nurses and doctor to feel comfortable. By 1:00 p.m., we were driving into our driveway at home. He slept the rest of the day, which was probably good for him so that he didn't have to feel any pain. He's still amazes us with his strength.
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