Mike & Jessica: July 2014

Landon has started to become very vocal this month. He coos, goos, and gaws at his reflection in the play mat mirror, at the leaf on his swing, and even at us sometimes. It sure is cute! He is just smiles all of the time now. He hasn't been spitting up nearly as much since he started the Zantac and his weight gain has picked up a little bit. He watched fireworks for the first time on the 4th, and on the 10th he weighed 8lb 4oz.

First 4th of July!

Landon had his surgery to repair his bilateral inguinal hernias on the 10th. We spent the night at the University Marriott the night before in order to avoid having to wake up at 3:30 am to get ready and drive to Primary Children's by the 6:00 am check-in time, and I am so glad we did! Landon had to have a bath both the night before surgery and the morning of before we left the hotel per hospital rules. He couldn't have formula past midnight, and he couldn't have breast milk past 3:30 am. Needless to say, I only got 1.5 hours of sleep from 1:30-3:00 am. I fed him at 3:00, and then I got myself ready and bathed him before we left for the hospital.

We had to go register first, and there were about ten other families in that room. So, we waited in the hall until our pager went off. After registering, we went to pre-op. A Nurse Practitioner came and asked us questions, and we had to give Landon a sponge bath with special wipes then dress him in a gown that totally dwarfed him.

We then went to a waiting room with Landon, and soon all of the other families from the previous room were there. The anesthesiologist and surgeon came out to talk to us, and then the anesthesiologist took him from me and I kissed his head and Mike and I told him we loved him. I will never forget what happened next because it was the saddest thing. Landon realized someone else was holding him, so he looked up and when he didn't recognize her face his bottom lip went out so far and he just started crying. She walked down the hall carrying him, and then I started crying. He has been through so much, and I hate that he has to go through this too.

We waited in a different waiting room for about an hour and twenty minutes before the surgeon came out to tell us the surgery was done and everything went well. I was so relieved! A lady took us back to post-op to see him. He looked so tiny propped up in a huge crib. He was still asleep and unresponsive, so we waited about half an hour until the nurse could get him to open his eyes once. Then they moved us to recovery.

Landon stayed asleep for a long time before we finally heard his very hoarse cry. I was able to nurse him for a bit before he fell asleep again. He pretty much slept the rest of our stay in the hospital. He would just wake up long enough to eat, hen go back to sleep. We were able to take him home the next day around noon.