False Start
Well, unfortunately, not everything went to plan this morning. Don’t worry though, everything’s ok. This morning we got Matty all ready for surgery, and whizzed down to the hospital for a 6:45 checkin. After all the signatures and documentation formalities, Matthew was given a quick checkover and then I took him in to be anesthetised at around 8am.
Matty dressed in his hospital gown all ready to go
He didn’t really enjoy being put under.. i don’t blame him – if you don’t know what’s going on, it must be a terrifying experience. After that, i went to join Pam in the waiting room….
A short while later, Matthew’s surgeon came in to see us. Apparently, when the anesthetist went to intubate Matthew (put a breathing tube down), they noticed a cyst just below his larynx. The problem with that, is that it would mean that it would likely cause complications when the tube was to be removed after the surgery and could quite possibly result in emergency surgery and a tracheostomy. So.. rather than risk it, they deferred the surgery until the Ear Nose and Throat department can go in and deal with the problem.
We had a chat with the ENT specialist a little later (who had a look at the cyst in theatre). The revised plan is now to book Matthew in to have the cyst removed/drained in about a month. About a month after that, when he is all healed up, then he can go in for the ileostomy reversal.
Matthew is still at the hospital with Mum and they’ll stay there for a few hours under observation. He was a pretty cranky little fella when he woke up, complete with IV, drip and monitoring equipment. After a while in the recovery ward, however, he seems to have calmed down and is almost back to his normal cheery self.
So, although the outcome isn’t what we expected from today’s events, it’s still a good outcome and could have been a lot worse.
January 29th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Wow. Glad it was picked up.
All the best with the next ops.