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 . . .
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