Surgery Day

Leo Recovering from Surgery wearing his Nose Bra

On December 21st Leo had his septum surgery. I was anything but excited about it and could easily be described as a little edgy. Maybe it's because the procedure description ranged from being hit in the face with a baseball bat, to a little head cold. Fortunately the way they do this procedure now a days is MUCH better than the old way. Leo had his surgery at the Ear Nose and Throat building building by a WONDERFUL doctor - Dr. Nishioka. He was fabulous. In fact all the people at the building have been fabulous. As "fate" would have it, the lady who prepped Leo for surgery ended up being his Aunt's friend in middle school, so we took a picture with her with smiles on our faces. Leo headed in and the waiting game began. I was SO thankful that my parents had come out to be there with me. We sat together in the waiting room and since we were the last ones in they later let us wait in the post-post op waiting room. I could see Leo when they wheeled him out and got him situated on his post op table. The only thing (besides the wait) that was difficult was seeing Leo come out of the anesthesia. He was very disoriented and began trying to pull IVs off and get up. The nurses had to give him and extra dose of something to get him to calm down. He came out well and they did some pretty massive stuff to his sinuses and septum. I was truly amazed at how much they had to change in there. While we waited for him to come out of the drugged state daddy made a glove balloon for Leo with a double nose and momma's crocheted purple scarf doubled as the hair. We named him septumus. Leo was finally able to have visitors, and I would have to say that my husband is incredibly cute when he is drugged and coming out of things like this. We took him home, daddy bought him tons of banana milk shakes, and the healing process began. Leo is breathing 100% better than what he has EVER breathed in his entire life and he still has another month until the Dr. said he should be breathing at his fullest. We are so thankful everything went well..... and if you are wondering, it's like having a bad head cold.




Mom and dad making Septumus.