Carter had his third surgery in a little over a year on November 4th. We were anticipating it might get postponed due to all the sickness and flu Tiffany's family had the week before. However, fortunately after 3 hours in the waiting room (did not go well so Carter got drugs) the surgery began. His surgery lasted about 4 hours, alot longer than we had anticipated and we got very nervous waiting. Carter's soft palate (the back part of his palate) was repaired with precision cuts and alot of stitches by two fabulous doctors.
As with previous surgeries Carter was not about to be eating anything so Tiffany and Carter stayed overnight. I planned on going down and sitting with her, But . . . If you read the next post you will see that the stomach flu was spreading quickly in our families. And . . yes it was my turn with the stomach flu, YUCK! So Kent drove down and stayed a few hours with her.
Still the next day Carter didn't want to have anything to do with food. Which is crazy. He worships food! But not at the hospital. Dr. Kjar came to check on him in the early afternoon and asked Carter if he would like to go home. I guess that was the trick. Carter was at the door in a heart beat. IV and everything still attached.
Tiffany brought the little guy home and by the time we got over to visit he was eating chicken nuggets and just about anything he wanted. Smart, cute little boy! His recovery went extremely well from that point on. Everything seems to be healing well and he is beginning to talk. Just a few words but it is really exciting. He is such a trooper!
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