Alex’s Surgery
For those of you who read here and don’t follow me on Twitter or Facebook, I just wanted to let you know that Alex’s eye surgery went well yesterday. It was a long and difficult day but already today Alex is feeling just fine and seems to be out of pain. We won’t know about the effectiveness of the surgery for awhile but things look good.
Going all morning without food or drink was difficult for him (and us) and coming out of the anesthesia was pretty rough. Surprisingly, one of the hardest things was separating him from Luc. We dropped Luc off at a friends house and when Alex realized he wasn’t with us he flipped out. We managed to calm him down but I felt really badly for not explaining it to him beforehand. Sometimes I forget how much he can understand! Yesterday evening he alternated between being awake and fussy and sleeping deeply on my lap. Around eight last night a dear friend brought Alex his first toy backhoe (one of his favorite things in the world!) and that was a real turning point. He got distracted and played happily until he fell asleep around nine. He slept all night (what a blessing) and woke up in a good mood and seeming pain-free. We have to stay inside all day to help keep his eyes uninfected but he and Luc are just happy to be playing together again.