Thursday, March 6, 2008

Park is home!

Parker's surgery went really well on Tuesday. We arrived at Johns Hopkins and were greeted by all familiar faces of my great friends who I work with, which made everything a lot easier on us. Chad and I were able to carry Parker into the operating room and stay there with him until he fell asleep. It was so hard to lay his little body down on the big operating room table and have to walk away. Even though we new he was in good hands, we were both a little emotional. The surgery went great, and he was back in our arms within the hour. We had to stay overnight that night just because he is still so young and had a lot of anesthesia, so I slept (well, not much sleep) there with him. We were able to leave the hospital and come home pretty early yesterday. Parker is doing great, and we are so grateful for his speedy recovery. Thank you everyone for your concern and prayers for him and us. Here are some pics from the hospital:


Last minute snuggles before surgery



All done in the recovery room


Is it over?


Good sleep in my hospital bed

6 comments:

Deon said...

Glad it went ok!
Such blessings!

Lacey said...

oh man i can't even imagine how hard that would be, even though you had helped with that type of surgery before, it was your own baby! i am so glad everything went well! he is so cute!

Eric, Sammy, & Kami said...

He's so tough - I'm glad that it's over for you and he is safe and happy at home.

The Drawes said...

yeay!!!!!! I'm glad you guys have him back in your arms!! He's so handsome!!

Carissa, Brandon, Carly, & Tyler said...

We're so glad that everything went so well. Poor little guy! At least he won't have any memories of the whole experience. And he looked so at peace in all the pictures.

callie said...

its always so heart breaking to see such a little baby in hospital gown...but i'm so so happy that everything went well. thank goodness you were trained and knew what to do! boy do i wish i had that knowledge for my little ones...

i can't believe how big he is getting and that he is smiling! so precious!