Caleb's Surgery

Caleb burned his had last week and now it's time for Surgery.

Here is Caleb the morning of Surgery. He was such a good boy. Ben and Uncle Jeff gave him a blessing the night before. I know that helped all of us to be calm. When we got there we went up to surgery and got Caleb ready. Isn't this hospital gown so cute?!

 Caleb put the hospital gown on with no problem. But the hat was a different story..

 Caleb wouldn't put on the hat the hospital wanted him to wear. They let him keep his fishing had on until he was put under and then they put it back on before he woke up.

 Caleb was getting kind of sad so I took some funny face pictures with him to make him laugh and feel better.

 Then the Dr. gave him some relaxing medicine and we turned the TV on. Here he is waiting to go.

 Post Opp picture. Caleb did surprisingly well coming out of it. He cried a little, but no kicking and thrashing like what we thought would happen. They gave him a popsicle and turned the TV on and he calmed right down. He wanted his clothes back on right when he woke up. Look at his huge arm! When we got home He said "there's a bat on my arm"

So far recovery has been great. He is a happy boy. The big arm cast doesn't seem to slow him down much. He is on medication, but he acts like a normal boy.

Here is a picture of Caleb before the accident. I know that soon this will be Caleb again. He is a strong boy. I know Heavenly Father is watching out for this little guy!

Here is a more detailed account:

On Monday we drove up North to stay with Jeff and Sarah. It was Eli's birthday and we had a fun time singing to Eli and eating cake. Ben and Jeff gave Caleb a blessing and we put the kids to bed. They Jeff and stayed up until past midnight talked and laughing. Probably not the best idea since we woke up at 5:20am. We left Jeff and Sarah's and went the University hospital. We got to the hospital at about 6:45am. We did the check in and got everything ready to go. It was about 8:30 before Caleb went into surgery. Before the Dr. told us that Caleb was going to need a full skin graft. They took some of his skin from his hip area. I haven't seem the scar yet, but they said it wouldn't be took big. The surgery took a little over an hour. After is was done the Dr. came and talked to us. We have to go back in on Friday to have the dressing changed and check on the progress. Then we go back again on Tuesday for a follow up. The Dr. said we could have a lot of follow up appointments. Caleb is also going to have to wear a compression glove for anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. But it didn't sound too bad. He said that he had to wear it 23 1/2 hours a day and he will just get used to it. Caleb will have have to go through some therapy.

When we got to see Caleb he was still asleep. Coming out of the drug induced sleep wasn't too bad. He cried a little, but we got him to calm down. He wanted to get dressed right away and leave. Before we could leave we had to talk to the Dr again and make a follow up appointment. Caleb also had to drink with out throwing up and go to the bathroom. We also had to get the pain under control. The only thing that he was complaining about was his leg (the donor site). They gave him some medicine and he was good to go. He drank a whole cup of apple juice and went to the bathroom pretty good. We were fully checked out by noon. It still felt like we had been there forever.

Caleb wanted to eat lunch at Costco. (That kids LOVES Costco). I wanted to get a few things, so I didn't mind. Caleb did pretty good while we were there. He sat on a pillow in the cart. He ate about 80% of a slice of pizza and we were on our way. He did really good on the drive home. He slept about half the way.

Last night he only woke up twice. We gave him some medicine and he went back to sleep. I think tonight will be even better. Today Kaelynn and Tyler came home and that made Caleb happy to see them. He also got to see Grandma and Grandpa. Grandpa surprised him with his own fishing pole. So now Caleb is ready to go fishing!

Caleb is such a special boy. While we were at the hospital he won the hearts of all the people there. I am so glad that everything went well and that he will make a fully recovery!