After the surgery. they had to tape a board on his IV so he wouldn't kick it off.
Aaah! Love baby hospital gowns!
After surgery with his turtle nebulizer on. :)
Before surgery We just got home a while ago from Jaxons surgery. Everything went well and he should be able to breathe better now. The problem was something in his throat ( i think the epiglottis) grew too big and so every time he tried to breathe it would close off a good portion of his airway. He learned to adapt by breathing harder, but as the dr. said....breathing should be natural, your baby shouldn't have to concentrate on it. He would squeak and make a lot of funny noises while breathing, and while that will go on for a while as its healing- The hope is that it goes away.
What they did is they went in through the mouth and just lasered off the the "floppy tissue" that was making it difficult for him to breathe. It was a relatively easy surgery. It took only about a half an hour, but they did have to knock him out totally to do it. It was a little rough coming out of it, and he didn't really want to eat for a while (i really dont blame him) but after some good rest and pain meds he started to eat again and did pretty good.
The dr. said we would have had more problems if we had waited longer because once we tried to introduce solid foods...or even formula for that matter, he would choke on it and we would have found the problem because he would fail to thrive. So we feel really lucky we figured out everything before we got to that stage and that he will be all healed up by the time we get to inroducing thicker foods.
The dr. said we would have had more problems if we had waited longer because once we tried to introduce solid foods...or even formula for that matter, he would choke on it and we would have found the problem because he would fail to thrive. So we feel really lucky we figured out everything before we got to that stage and that he will be all healed up by the time we get to inroducing thicker foods.
I thought this was interesting....the dr. said that even though he had adapted his breathing it was burning more calories because he had to work to breathe instead of it being natural. So while he isn't the tiniest baby you have ever seen, we hope this will chunk him up a little. What a sweet natured baby we have. He really did well with it. Its been a road of learning and being guided by the spirit getting to this point and we feel blessed to have everything taken care of now.
P.S. Aren't babies ADORABLE in hospital gowns!!!??
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Hi Holly!!
I just heard about your little guy and I am so glad everything went well with his surgery. It is so hard to see our little guys in the hospital and have to go through surgery...but you definately draw closer to the Lord and grow stronger as a result.The best part is they won't remember a thing when they get older.. I wish you the best and a speedy recovery for the little guy. Hope everything is going well for you guys. It has been forever since I've seen you guys. Your kids are so cute! Can't wait to see you again!!
Corene Hutchings
Ha ha yeah... I am trying harder this year.
I am so glad it went smoothly. I was thinking of you all monday and tuesday. I agree, he looked SO cute in his gown!
Holly all I've go to say is that you have the cutest babies!! Oh my GOSH!!!
And that I had no idea any of this was going on... I guess I need to be a better friend and call once in awhile, geez.
So glad to hear that everything went well with his surgery and that you got it taken care of so soon.
I'm so glad everything went okay!
Holly, I am SOOOO glad that everything went well and they caught the bacteria before it got worse! Glad to hear Jaxon is home and doing much better! He looks like such a trooper in the pics! Such an ADORABLE lil guy!! LOVE him! u are such a wonderful mother to both your beautiful kids!
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