Jackson's Surgery

Life has been very busy these past few weeks since Jackson's surgery. On December 30th Jackson had his hypospaidius correction which we knew he would have to have since the day he was born. Basically, hypospaidius is a birth defect that is fairly common in boys-1 in 200 boys are both with it. There are varying degrees of severity and Jackson's was moderately severe. It was rough with him in the hospital as he had to lay completely flat for 4 days, not something an active, newly crawling baby was interested in. He hated the "no-nos" that had to be placed on his little arms to prevent him from moving. Due to having a catheder he would get painful bladder spasms, someting that made mommy cry watching her baby scream while waiting for the pain medication to kick in. All in all it was a long 4 days, but fortunately surgery was successful and they were able to accomplish the entire correction in one procedure which was great news. He did look so cute in his baby-sized hopital scrubs outift-I wish I could have taken it home, he could have been a little doctor next Halloween!

When we got home our work was cut out for us, as Jackson was prohibited from his favorite toys for an entire month! No jumperoo, excersaucer or and ride-on toys. Most of all, no rough-housing with big brother, somethin that has proven to be quite a challenge. We were double diapering for a week and only giving sponge baths.

After a weeek, we got a glowing report and are happy to say double diapering is over (no more catheder!) and although J is not yet cleared for regular baths, he can soak in this special iodone bath, so at least he can splash around a bit. He is also down to just regular strength tylenol and motrin! On Wednesday we can start regular baths again which J is sure to love and we go back for another follow-up at CCMC. I am very happy we are almost through this very stressful time as a parent!