Frankenstein's Monster Part 1

This is what s3 looked like with his head shaved and before he got drugged up for surgery. Here he's already to go in his gown and getting a mini physical to make sure he's fit for surgery.


Here S3 is on his way into the OR. He spit some of his Veriset out onto me, but it worked well enough that he would let me put him down and let the doctor wheel him away. Here you see he has already collected one animal - a cute little circus lion from the nurses at the OR.


This is how he was when we saw him. They put this mesh type hat over his head to keep him from pulling off the bandages. The problem was that they don't ever take it off so by the time it came off Sunday morning, it smelt pretty bad from him throwing up a few times and getting stuff on it. At least it was only juice type stuff that he'd thrown up.


Here he is in the "cage", at least that's what his crib looked like to me!


This is the room where I slept the night S3 was in the PICU. They only have five of these closet type rooms for parents. There is a rocking chair in the corner by the door, you just don't see it.


Here we are the day after surgery, he still looks pretty good, just really tired out.


Later on Friday in the PICU. You can see a bunch of the stuff he's connected to. They had a central line (in his neck/collarbone area), arterial line, IV line in his foot, monitoring electrodes on his chest and a catheter you know where. During the surgery they also had a monitor on his heart to alert them to any aortic embolisms.


This is how S3 liked to sleep during his time at the hospital, clutching as many stuffed animals as he could and then covering his face with them. At one point he not only had the dog and the lion, but also a smaller puppy in there too. He wouldn't settle down until he had them all.