After Coltons nap on Saturday he ate his first real meal. He ate his whole bowl of oatmeal and peaches. I didn't expect him to eat so much, but he finished it off and had some Graham crackers too. His appetite is finally returning. He is still on both IB Profin and Loritab, but we are spreading his doses out to 5 hours today. We just want him to be comfortable.
After lunch we gave him a quick bath in the sink. His incisions can't get wet for 7 days, so we kept the princess Leah cups to protect them. He did not like his bath. He cried the whole time, so we made it quick. He had a lot of hospital gunk left on him so it was nice to wash it all off. Now it is time to change the bandages and take a look for the first time.
He has some cotton balls in his ears. Because of the tubes in his ears, he will bleed out of them for a few days. It gives the blood somewhere to go. There wasn't a lot of blood.
The old implants used to have huge incisions. Now they are so thin, there is just one. Right behind the ear. Then they can slide it in. It is pretty amazing. They had to shave a little of his hair, but not much. There is some bruising and swelling, but it looks pretty good we think.
We know that there will still be some blood today, so we don't want him completely without bandaging. So we down graded to his hat. We put some more cotton in his ears and some gauze over them. The hat will hold it in place. It will also provide some padding so if he lays on his side, hopefully it won't hurt too much.
Colton seems to like his new look and quickly gets down to play.
We have some really great friends and a couple of them brought by some things for Colton. He loves his new ball. He especially loves to throw it down the stairs. I like his expression in this picture. He thinks he's pretty cool.
He also loves his balloons. We saw some pretty great smiles. Thank you so much for the gifts.
Colton ate some more solid food for dinner. Some crackers with peanut butter. He played the rest of the evening. It took some major rocking time to get him to settle down, but he was in bed by 9:30. His night wasn't great, but not horrible either. He woke up at 2:30 and got some IB Profin. I held him for about an hour and finally put him back down. He was up again at 5 and his cry was one of pain. So we gave him some Loritab and he was back in bed at 6. He was up for the morning a little after 7 and seems happy. We decided to give him some breathing room and took off the hat and bandages and he is playing now. Just a few moments ago he has once again emptied my cup drawer and they are all over the kitchen floor. We are going to take it easy again today. Try to be on his normal schedule, which means a nap after lunch. The boys come home tonight so we will see how life will be tomorrow.
After lunch we gave him a quick bath in the sink. His incisions can't get wet for 7 days, so we kept the princess Leah cups to protect them. He did not like his bath. He cried the whole time, so we made it quick. He had a lot of hospital gunk left on him so it was nice to wash it all off. Now it is time to change the bandages and take a look for the first time.
He has some cotton balls in his ears. Because of the tubes in his ears, he will bleed out of them for a few days. It gives the blood somewhere to go. There wasn't a lot of blood.
The old implants used to have huge incisions. Now they are so thin, there is just one. Right behind the ear. Then they can slide it in. It is pretty amazing. They had to shave a little of his hair, but not much. There is some bruising and swelling, but it looks pretty good we think.
We know that there will still be some blood today, so we don't want him completely without bandaging. So we down graded to his hat. We put some more cotton in his ears and some gauze over them. The hat will hold it in place. It will also provide some padding so if he lays on his side, hopefully it won't hurt too much.
Colton seems to like his new look and quickly gets down to play.
We have some really great friends and a couple of them brought by some things for Colton. He loves his new ball. He especially loves to throw it down the stairs. I like his expression in this picture. He thinks he's pretty cool.
He also loves his balloons. We saw some pretty great smiles. Thank you so much for the gifts.
Colton ate some more solid food for dinner. Some crackers with peanut butter. He played the rest of the evening. It took some major rocking time to get him to settle down, but he was in bed by 9:30. His night wasn't great, but not horrible either. He woke up at 2:30 and got some IB Profin. I held him for about an hour and finally put him back down. He was up again at 5 and his cry was one of pain. So we gave him some Loritab and he was back in bed at 6. He was up for the morning a little after 7 and seems happy. We decided to give him some breathing room and took off the hat and bandages and he is playing now. Just a few moments ago he has once again emptied my cup drawer and they are all over the kitchen floor. We are going to take it easy again today. Try to be on his normal schedule, which means a nap after lunch. The boys come home tonight so we will see how life will be tomorrow.
Looks like he is doing great! I've been thinking of you guys and wondering how the surgery went. I'm so glad you do this blog so I can keep up to date. I hope he gets better all the time and I will keep him in my prayers...and you too! This must all be so stressful but I think you are great parents to do all you can for your little boy. He is precious.
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