We're Home!

Yeah! It's finally over. I'll never have to listen to someone call my kid Shrek again. Everything went perfectly smooth. The eating issue wasn't as big of a concern as I thought it was going to be. We were allowed to feed Jacob breast milk up until 3hrs before arrival time, so we set an alarm clock for 2:45 and gave him one quick feeding before his fasting, then he slept all the way until we arrived at the hospital and they called us back to the pre-op area to prep him. He was a little fussy during the poking and prodding, but overall very content! My coworkers wife was our pre-op nurse and I think that helped lighten things up a bit. Our doctor made me a little bit concerned because he kept bumping into things in are room and I was thinking "I hope you are a little more steady during the procedure...", but he is a really nice guy and I think he did a good job. My other big fear was Jacob being scared when they took him away and luckily that went well too, the anesthesiologist (who also has an infant at home) just picked him up and Jacob just looked straight ahead like "where are we going, doc?" and he didn't cry or reach for us at all. I still cried, but I managed to hold it back until he was actually out of sight. I don't know HOW I did that well, even. So then we waited just about 15-20minutes and the doc came back out and said that things went great and Jacob will be much more aerodynamic now and that the nurse will come get us when he wakes up. So then we waited and waited and waited and finally saw the our doctor again and I think he could tell we were getting very impatient because he asked if we had seen him yet and when we told him no, he stepped away and came right back for us and brought us to the recovery area. Jacob was a little out of it, but he recognized us right away and had a big smile. The incision area looks much better than I expected it to, in fact the doctor even made the comment that his ears look better than his nose! Despite the quick procedure, Jacob DID have to have the whole iv and breathing tube thing. And, the doctor did have to remove cartilage. So then Jacob ate a little bit and we hit the road. We are now home and Jacob is (so far) acting like nothing even happened, he is crawling around, playful and eating.

Thank you all for your support and prayers!!

The above pictures are before the surgery in his little baby scrubs and then how his ears look post-surgery.