Surgery is over!

Robby's surgery went very well. The doctor said there were no major surprises and everything looked good. He was very pleased with how well every thing went. After surgery, when Robby woke up, he was not a happy camper, as is to be expected. He was very groggy for a while and was saying, "Mama ear owie". The nurse gave him Tylenol with Codiene and some apple juice, and in a few minutes he felt better. By two o'clock he was very hungry and ate a big bowl of wonton soup broth and a bunch of noodles. While being a bit more tired than normal, he is doing very well. We needed to make a quick trip to Wal-mart and he wanted to go instead of staying in bed.

Right now Robby has a big purple bandage around his head. His teddy bear has a matching bandage, which Robby thinks is really funny. They also had to take a skin graft from his thigh and used it to line the new ear canal. He has a clear bandage over the area (about 2 x3 inches). It is quite unpleasant to look at and has a small amount of blood seeping out. The blood getting on the sheets is concerning Robby quite a bit....more than the fact that his leg looks really nasty. :) I am amazed that the skin graft area does not bother either kid; they act like it is a normal "owie". The doctor said it is like a large scrape and will heal in the same manner.



Considering how well Robby was doing tonight we are hoping to be able to get a little bit of relaxation and vacation time in before Dan and Rachael fly back on Sunday. We will continue to update for the next several days. Dan is sound asleep right now; as you can imagine we are all fairly tired. When he wakes up he will post some pictures of Robby with his fancy new 'hat'....I have a feeling that 'waking up' will happen in the morning and not tonight (Thursday). By early Friday afternoon there should be pictures posted. Someday, I will have to figure out how to get pictures from the camera to the computer to the blog....sometimes not being a geek has its drawbacks :)