Surgery Day ~ Hardware Removal!!

 

We were so grateful Dr. Morgan was able to work us into the schedule in same-day surgery today!!  Even though it was a later surgery time (2:20pm) we were ever so grateful to have an OR booked.  It was a long morning of waiting after we arrived at the hospital. . . so the sweet nurse gave Preston a Lego set to work while we waited for surgery to begin.

It began close to the slated time and it wasn't long at all before they were calling us to talk to the doctor.  The actual removal of the hardware took about 15 minutes!  Dr. Morgan was pleased with the process and said that he just had to stitch a few of the holes that were a bit larger than expected.  However, in a matter of a few days, the holes should be closed and cleared up.  

We were anxious to see him, but thankfully my sweet friend Heather came to chat with us on her lunch break.  Before we knew it they were calling me back to recovery phase 1.  Preston was quite a bit numb and kept asking the same questions over and over.  His first question when Dr. Morgan hopped over to check on him was about soccer . . and unfortunately he is still not cleared to play until we follow up in two weeks.  The doctor then asked him when he wanted to go back to school, "never" Preston said.  LOL!  Dr. Morgan said, "well, that will certainly require me to write a lot of notes" :)  He'll spend tomorrow at home and plan to return to school on Friday.

We arrived home after a very long day and all enjoyed CFA dinner together. I am just grateful for this next step to be finished and humbled by the many calls, texts, visits, and Facebook messages checking on our little guy.  One step closer to normal . . . 

And They're Off to School!!!

It feels like forever since both kids went to school on the same day . . and it has been forever, one week shy of an entire year!  Both today was the day.  Savannah finally got to enter Providence High School as a freshman and Preston finally got to return to in-person school post-accident.

This girl was up bright and early ready to go (we'll see how long that lasts) by the time the car pool arrived at 6:35am. I have to say I was a bit nervous for her, but she handled it oh so well.

And there she goes, officially in the building as a high school freshman!

And this little guy was quite a bit anxious about going back, but he too handled it like a champ.  He is back with restrictions of course, but I'm so thankful he was able to see some real in-person friends today!  Apparently, the school rotations are changing again as of next week, so we're just taking it one day at a time.  This is a short 4 day week due to a teacher workday, so I think we can handle this one.

Sissy, Will you Bake Me a Cake?

 

The eating is going quite well for Preston!  He is eating pretty much all foods (except for sticky gooey ones and super hard things) in small pieces.  This has been life-changing for us all!  He has enjoyed pizza, sandwiches, peanut butter, cookies, lunch meat, etc.  We are definitely headed in the right direction.  We followed up with the surgeon again today and he made the call to schedule the next surgery to remove the hardware in Preston's mouth!  More x-rays were taken and the doctor is very pleased with the progress of the jaw.  He said that it wasn't perfect, but looks fantastic and so now we are waiting on a Pediatric OR room to be available to get the metal out.  When we got home he asked Savannah to bake him a cake to celebrate . . which of course she was happy to do!

In case you've been wondering about the metal and screws we speak of, check out his x-rays!  OUCH!