Together Again

Together Again. It sounds like the title of a love song. I "googled" it. It actually is the title to one of Janet Jackson's songs. A song I used to listen and dance to. Funny. You would probably like the song. It has the kind of beat you like. Little side note: You really like to dance. We were walking through a parking lot several months ago and a car drove by us with a super loud base, windows rolled down, blaring music. And what did both you and Lance do? Starting moving to the beat. Super cute.
Back to the subject. Your intestines are together again. You had surgery yesterday. All went well and you are recovering well. We checked into the hospital on Wednesday afternoon. They started your IV and started you on a "flush." Your digestive tract needed to be completely flushed for the surgery. So they sent over 1000 mL of fluid through you. I changed your ostomy bag twice, once at 3am on Thursday morning and again at 7am. But 7am was the last ostomy bag I will ever do. Whoohooooooooooo!!!! You couldn't eat or drink anything on Thursday. You did amazingly well with that. We had to hide our food from you otherwise you did ask for it and get a little upset when we said "no." You mostly rested and slept on Thursday. About a half hour before we were called down to surgery you and I took a nice little nap together. It felt great. You went into surgery around 3:50pm. When they were getting you ready to be wheeled in you kind of freaked out a bit. So they gave you some Versed. That's pretty cool stuff. It's an anti-anxiety medication that even causes a little bit of amnesia. Within 5 seconds of that going into your IV you were all smiles and relaxation. You were even randomly laughing. At one point the anesthesiologist asked "Are you a little stoned?" and you answered "Yah." That was entertaining. In surgery they put your small intestine back together. They had to go through your mid-line scar again, but they were able to stitch that back up from the inside and make your scar even smaller than before. And they left the area where your stoma was open. There is so much bacteria that they need to just let it heal from the inside out. It has a lot of dressing in it. You also had an appendectomy. This was just to avoid having to mess around with your abdomen later on in life. You came out at about 6:50. All went well. You got an epidural and other pain meds and seemed pretty comfortable and relaxed.
I went home last night, and Daddy stayed at the hospital. He said it was a bit of a rough night. You seemed to be in pain. Not severe, but uncomfortable. They replaced your epidural machine and you seem to be resting well this morning.
So, we are just waiting for you to pass some gas or mucus or something and then they will start you on food and then we wait to see if that all goes through you well. As soon as it does we go home. You may still be kept on the feeding tube when we go home, but we will definitely cut back on the amount of formula you are given through the tube and work towards weaning you off soon.
All is well. I am so grateful. I kept telling myself that "time would pass." And it did. I am glad that life can be filled with a lot of good things even amongst the bad. We are so blessed. You are such a trooper. I love you!