Surgery

Chris had surgery about 3 weeks ago that I am just now getting around to posting about. I am sure all of you are tired of all these posts about me and baby, so here are some other happenings in our life right now. :)
So, Chris ended up having surgery to remove his tonsils, fix his deviated septum, and they also shortened his uvula. Or his "wagger" like Chris calls it. No idea where he got that word, but it makes me laugh. :) Chris has been snoring REALLY badly for years. Like so bad that those couple months before his surgery we weren't even sleeping in the same room. He slept out on the couch. Or I would try to but he always made me go back in the bed. Before I got pregnant I would wear earplugs and those seem to work okay. But there were nights that I could still hear him through the earplugs. But once I was halfway through my pregnancy I started becoming a light sleeper and could hear everything. Probably cause I have to get up to go to the bathroom a lot, and I have to switch sleeping positions every couple hours. But I got no sleep if Chris was in there with me.
So we finally decided to go do something about it. I wanted us to be able to sleep in bed together again and when the baby comes I can't be using earplugs. We went to the Sleep Institute and got him tested for Sleep Apnea. They sent us home with a little machine that we hooked Chris up to and tested his sleep patterns, but they told him he didn't have it.

Which surprised us a lot since his Dad has it and sleeps with a machine, and if you heard his snoring you would think he had it too. So we went and saw an Ear, Throat, and Nose doctor. He recommended getting his tonsils out and fixing his nose. So we scheduled it! We had known Chris needed his tonsils out for a while cause he would get white patches on his throat a lot, and would get really bad breath sometimes.

May 23rd was the day of his surgery. We arrived at the hospital at 8:30am and got checked in. They started prepping him, taking his vitals, asking him about his history.

The Anesthesiologist came in and talked to him about the effects of Anesthesia and such. He was really helpful in reassuring Chris that he would be ok and the surgery would go well. Chris was super scared and worried cause he hasn't had the best experiences in hospitals. But put this drug in his IV that helped calm him way down and helped him sleep a little before they took him in.

The doctor was finally ready for him at about 11:30am. They put on his cap, I kissed him good luck, and they whisked him into the O.R. I ran and grabbed something to eat and came and waited in the waiting room.

They told me that the surgery would be about 2 hours, but it was only an hour later when my little pager buzzed telling me the doctor was ready to talk to me! That scared me a little cause it made me think that something had gone wrong and that's why they were already finished. But I went into the little room where the doctor comes and talks to you, he came in and told me they were all done and the surgery went really well! He said that his tonsils were very badly infected so it was good we got those out. His nose wasn't as bad as they thought and they didn't even need to put a stint in it. Stint? Or is it slint? I have no idea. But that was good news :). I went back into the waiting room while they got him back to Recovery and waited to be buzzed telling me I could go back to see him. After almost an HOUR I got to go back. He was very groggy, still waking up. But he could talk a little bit and I fed him some flavored ice chips. He kept saying over and over how beautiful I was. And that I was pretty. A little later I was rolling him in a wheelchair to the bathroom and he says, "You are so beautiful. I haven't told you that today." haha it was pretty cute and funny.

When the nurse said he was good to go, we rolled him out to the car, I took him home and got him comfy on the couch. So that's where he stayed for the next 2 weeks. Well, almost 2 weeks. He healed pretty quickly and got back on his feet fast. We made sure he drank LOTS of water to flush everything out so he wouldn't get infected or anything. That truly did the trick.

So now he is back to his old self, been back to work for a week, and feels great! And the best news of all, HE DOESN'T SNORE! We sleep in the same bed and we both sleep all night with no problems! I don't have to tell him to turn over, I don't have to wear earplugs, he is breathing so much better and feeling a lot more rested in the day. Yay! We are so glad we finally did that. :)