Wow only just noticed I didn't update Jacob's journal......
As Jacob wasn't allowed to eat after 10am or drink after 2, we did neither in front of him (I took some small flapjack pieces I could eat out of sight if I needed anything)
Pre op pik...
we managed to get him to sleep which was useful with the lack of food/fluids.
Jacob went down for his op at 6:20pm, Mikey and I went with him while he had the anaesthetic, I had him in my arms, rather than upsetting him with a mask, try used a tube and held it by his face, firstly they started him on gas and air then they turned on the anaesthetic and slowly increased the dose, as he started to fall to sleep he started to get a little "niggly" so they put the mask on the tube to speed it up so he wasn't upset, I lay him on the bed and had tears rolling down my face we left the room for him to be taken in for his surgery and went to get ourselves a drink and some food. We got to the hospital restaurant and neither of us wanted food, we both felt physically sick so we just had a hot drink, we then went over the road to the town to get something to eat, but no where was open that we fancied so grabbed a sandwich from sainsburys and headed back, on our way back into ward (approx 7) the surgeon came to us and told us Jacob's op had gone well and he'd be back on ward in approx 30mins. That was the most amazing news to get back to, we went to the ward parent room ate our food and headed to his bedside, Jacob had literally just beat us to his bed, they'd moved him across to his bed and he was sound asleep having his obs done.
He finally woke up about 9:30pm, had cuddles off mummy and daddy, tonnes of juice and went back to sleep, which was brilliant as money left at 10, so it was nice that he got to have a cuddle before He left.
During the night, Jacob had obs done every few hours which were fine, he woke at 2 and 5, both times he wanted juice and a cuddle and went straight back to sleep, the spinal block was still in his system though so he just lay waiting to be picked up saying "momma".
At 8am, Mikey called me to tell me he was on his way but the car broke down, luckily it was as e was about to turn into the park and ride car park, so he pushed it across the metro tracks into a space and left it to deal with later, so while he was jumping in the metro, I made a few calls and myself a drink and went back to Jacob's bed, on route the nurse said "he's been asking for you!" I felt a little bad I wasn't there when he woke up, but turned the corner to his bed and he was stood up
and smiling, finally the spinal block had wore off, it was horrible seeing him not able to do anything.
Mikey got to us just after 9, with a bacon sandwich for me, Jacob had just had his breakfast, and we we're seen by the dr and discharged by 11:30.
As for the car, it started when we got back to the car park (my dad met us there as a back up plan just incase so I could get Jacob home) and it's been plugged in and no fault is showing up.... Strange thing!
He's now doing really well, you wouldn't know he'd had the op the way he's playing etc x
