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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Surgery

My baby boy is going under the knife in a week. He's only 12 weeks old and already another hospital visit!
Not to be alarmed it is nothing too major. Last week at his two month checkup the doctor noticed what seemed to be a hernia in his scrotum. She recommended we see a pediatric surgeon for a consultation. From what I have read these are not extremely uncommon in infant boys. It seems when their testicles descend before birth. the opening sometimes does not close. The doctor told me it is usually not too serious in infants, but can cause problems later if not corrected. We decided to do the surgery as soon as possible to take advantage of having already met our deductible for the year. I know it is a fairly simple outpatient surgery lasting only 30 minutes, but the mommy part of me still doesn't like the thought of it. The surgeon told me most infants are feeling back to normal the next day. Please keep Micah in your prayers over the next week. While I know it is a simple surgery, it is still surgery and their is always a small chance for complications. It feels like these last few months have been a little trying for our whole family.

Did I mention Chris was rear ended yesterday? It was completely ironic because on the way to work we were discussing the fact that our insurance should be going down soon because we have not had any tickets or at fault accidents recently. Luckily Chris was definitely not at fault. The car is still drivable, but will have to go in the shop soon. I am just ready to get past all of this, and enjoy the holidays with my family.

Well that's my little update for the night. I need to get some sleep.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gosh you and I are so much alike (spoken after reading some of your "about me" comments). I know the plight of the introverted extravert all too well....I can play the E in the workforce, sometimes it drains all my energy, however I energize INTERNALLY. Sometimes the two parallels form quite the dichotomy.
How is everyone? Please lets try to get together sometime during this holiday season....perhaps Aly can join us if she is here. Would love to see you and Chris and the beautiful kiddos.
Btw if you have not heard this song "I heard the bells on Christmas day" by Casting Crowns please listen to it...AWESOME version also the song "While you were sleeping." Great tuneage!
Love you! Darla