Surgery Day...

Peek-a-boo!

Oooh... what is this?

The pants were way too big!

Tyler had surgery this morning... he was born with one undescended testicle (I know, I know... too much information but I thought you might wonder why he was having surgery)!. We were told that if it didn't drop on it's own, he would need surgery. When we went to see the surgeon after his 9 month check-up, he told us that Tyler would need the surgery. There are several reasons that the doctor recommended the surgery... one is that he has a higher risk of testicular cancer-- he has to be checked yearly for this and it's much easier to check if the surgery is done. An undescended testicle would also increase his chance of infertility. It is also more prone to injury if left untreated. Needless to say, he was scheduled for surgery.

We had to be at the hospital at 6am so it was a very early morning. His surgery was scheduled for 8am. We played in the pre-op area in the crib for about an hour and half before they took him back. The surgery took a little longer than they had expected but all went well. We were told it would take an hour and after almost 2 hours of not hearing anything, I was getting really worried! Jeff kept telling me everything was fine but how did he know?!? The doctor finally came out to talk with us and give us the good news. He also gave us the name of a pediatric surgeon in Chicago-- he has to get checked every 6 months for the next 2 years. We went back to the recovery area about 10:30am and were there for a few hours. He was pretty groggy and still needed some oxygen. We finally left the hospital around 1:30pm. Tyler slept for quite awhile after we got home and was still pretty out of it. He woke up around 4:30pm, ate dinner and then was full of energy... back to his old self. Jeff and I couldn't believe how well he seemed to be doing. He climbed the stairs and was walking around everywhere! He is just on Tylenol and Motrin... and that seems crazy to us after seeing the 2 incisions- they were much bigger than we had expected. We hope he continues to do this well over the next few days. Poor little guy!