Joshua, home and ready for another sleep...Thursday was Joshua's big day. We left home at 5am and got to the Hospital in time for the 6:30am admission time. The nurses and staff were wonderful as always. This was Joshua's fifth time in surgery in his little life of nearly 11 years...
Surgery was supposed to take only 1/2 hour. Go in, do the recession of the turbinates and out again. Well once they got into his nose they found out that there was not a bit of space up in that nasal cavity. He was completely blocked up. They even took photos and I saw them. Poor baby...
So in the end he took two hours in surgery and trust me I was starting to wonder where my boy was. They had to carve, cut, gouge and burn bits up there... The procedures are called: Turbinoplasty and debrided nasal nucosa (the second means basically chopping things out) Lovely hey??? Not...
There is a whole heap of wadding up there that will break up over the next week. We have to flush out the nose four times a day which he doesn't like as he doesn't like the taste. Better than saline though as that would hurt his raw nose. Amazingly there has been no bruising as well which he thinks is great as he thought he might end up with black eyes.
Last night was his first night at home. We stayed one night at the Hospital and we were both glad to get out of there. So noisy... but again the staff were wonderful. They also kept saying what a pleasure he had been and how lovely his manners were. He was a trouper, I agree.
He had a great night sleep last night he said this morning which I am so glad about. He hardly snored which was wonderful. I still woke a bit as usual and will need time to readjust but was glad to be back in my own bed again.
This is his last bite at the cherry so to speak. His last operation. The one that they did this time is one that they only usually do for adults and is also the reason why the head surgeon took on his case. He has operated on his each time from 2.5yrs of age. I hope and pray that this will help solve his problems with breathing... Poor darling has two weeks of home time to endure now and is not happy to be missing out on school but at least his teacher is sending home worksheets for him. :)
Cheers Damaris
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