Corey's Surgery

Little Corey had to undergo bilateral orchiopexy surgery: which is a surgery to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum and permanently fix it there. He had to have both sides done. Originally we thought he would only need one side, but during surgery the doctor came out and recommend we do both sides. 6:30 am on Jan 21st we went up to the hospital. Here the little munchkin is before going into surgery. Poor little guy was being so good and had no idea what was about to happen! Such a tiny little robe...

After surgery they waited until he started coming out of the anesthesia and then they brought him to us. Right before he came to us we heard a little girl come back from surgery next door and she was SCREAMING for about a half hour. I asked Peter if I should go bring her a sucker or something...well then our guy came to us and HE screamed for about a half hour. They say it is a perfectly normal side affect of the anasthesia wearing off. The only 2 things that would help him calm down is a bottle with juice, which they only let him drink like 2 oz, and then he screamed again, and second he loved looking at the pictures on our camera, and then the battery died, and he bawled again.

After a half hour he calmed down enough to watch netflix on Peter's phone, and then fell asleep shortly after.

All tuckered out

I was a little worried about this procedure when we were made aware of it at his 1 year appointment. I did a lot of researching, and a lot of insurance calls, and everything worked out well. The more I talked to people about his surgery, the more I started hearing of boys who have had this done. His doctor alone does about 6 per month. So everything seemed to go well and he is on the fast track to recovery. Walking more and more everyday. He has even started getting mad, a new thing for him...(this way anyway) he does this yell and dirty look thing at you when he doesn't get his way. It's kinda funny, but it won't be if it lasts too long! Love you little guy.