Surgery Part 2

Phew, just having the time to sit down seems to be my challenge these days!  I meant to finish my surgery post a few days ago but alas here I am now.

Jordy came out of his surgery amazing.  I would be ballistic confined in the cast but not him.  Was he in pain?  Yes.  Did he whine?  Yes.  But within the first day, he was already acting his self again.  He even asked for a ride outside.  Mind you, we are in the windy city and it snowed on our way Tuesday.  It was cold but in Jordy's own words, "I like cold!"  Well all right then.  Who am I to deny him a chance to be outside when he's the one that just went through the biggest surgery of his life?!  The tricky part was figuring out how to keep him warm but we quickly figured out how to get him bundled and out we went.

The first ride out was enough to tucker him out.

We were told on Thursday that we could go home on Friday.  However, Jordy needed to pee on his own with out the catheter in.  This was quite an ordeal.  They took it out on Thursday early in the day but he wouldn't go.  They ended up doing a quick cath to drain his bladder.  So NOT cool!!!!!!!!  It traumatized him even more.  On Friday morning, he was still refusing to pee on his own.  It took me over an hour to convince him to do so and when he tried the first time he screamed in pain.  NOT cool!!!  However, I finally coaxed him to do it so that we could go home.  Thankfully, he finally decided to and . . . it didn't hurt him. He was so happy and was ready to come home.  So, home we came.  It took us about 3.5 hours.  We arrived around 2:30pm and when we got home I right away told him we need to go potty.  He would not.  At 7pm, I called our doctor in Chicago because Jordy was still refusing to go even after 4.5 hours of trying to talk him into it.  It was the hardest experience I've ever gone through.  The doctor informed us that he had two hours to do it on his own before we would have to head to the ER and have it done by cath . . . again.  We convinced Jordy to drink 24 oz of fluid and after a great deal of work, he finally let loose at 8:30pm. Thankfully, he has gone without issue since then.  On Sunday, Jordy completed his final necessary Body Motion.  So quite literally, all systems are a go!  And, we've figured out how to do all of these with cast on and without using diapers.  The nurses at the hospital doubted me.  Ha!  They don't know me very well.

Because I knew Jordy would have a rough time sleeping, I decided to sleep with him until he was off of his pain medicine and until I knew he could keep his self comfortable through the night.  The first few nights, he woke up several times needing help turning over or needing medicine.  By the third night, he settled down and Monday post surgery, he stopped taking his medicine.  I stuck with him for a few more nights but last night I finally returned to my own bed.  Jordy did great and Gerik came to get me in the morning when he had to go potty.  As for me, it was the best night of sleep I've had in a long time! :)

Jordy has done amazing.  He has figured out how to get around with the cast on and is back to his ornery self again.  I was shocked how quickly he gave up on the pain medicine and believe me, we offered.  We practically forced him to take Ibuprofen on Monday evening just because he was a bit whinny and we felt like he needed it even though he said no.

Thank you to all our friends and family that have prayed for us.  This really hasn't been as tough as it could have been.  We've figured out how to transport Jordy, how to prop him up so he can feed himself, how to bathe, and potty.  So, we are good.  God is good!