Darrell & Sharyn

On Friday April 27, Edward had an accident and what should have been a small thing ended up needing stitches. We rushed him to the ER and they sent us down to Seattle Childrens. Edward liked the hours we got to sit in the ER waiting for the doctors to decide what we were going to do because they gave him the TV remote and full control over it. While we waited for the specialist to show up, he and Daddy got to watch the entire new Power Rangers movie and a couple other little shows. After the specialist showed up, they decided that he was going to need stitches, but they would need to do anesthesia which required use of the OR. So, Edward was checked into his own room and moved upstairs for the first surgery the next day. He was definitely groggy throughout the whole ordeal. It took a bit to wake him up in the morning (the boy sleeps like a log and didn’t even wake up while they were checking vitals, or moving him from his room to Pre-op. They took him into surgery and Darrell and I grabbed some breakfast while we waited. After about 45 minutes, the doctor came out and said everything looked good and went over what we were going to need to do for the next few weeks. Another half hour later, we were allowed to go back into Post-op to actually see him. He was still super tired, so they couldn’t get him to wake up (like a log I tell ya!). We tried a few different things, but what worked was asking him if he wanted to play Magic with Daddy. That popped his little eyes right open. They gave him a popsicle and we got to head back to the room. After he ate a little bit and moved around, they let us come home. It was a super long 45 hours, but made me soooo grateful that we live near one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation. He is doing really good now and we are just waiting for the rest of the stitches to dissolve. He got 10-12 stitches and only 2 of them have dissolved so far. Could still be another month or so, but he has had his follow-up and been released back to full activity.