Days after surgery

 I will give a little recap of the days so I can remember and decide if its really worth it if Larkyn ever needs her out. HEE HEE!

Day of surgery- We gave Ryker the medication to make him much calmer since I knew when they would take him away from us he would be so upset. Well I 100% would do that again he could have cared less who took him plus they said it makes them so they don’t remember much so its less traumatizing. The surgery only took about 20 minutes and then he was in the recovery room about 15 minutes before I could go back to be with him. Once in recovery they want them to drink 4 oz. which Ryker was on his way to doing but once again the anesthesia does not sit well with him so he threw up. He continued to throw up 3 times so after 3 different medications and saline flush and 3 plus hours in recovery we finally got to go home. When home he was eating popsicles, brownies and crackers and acting normal as can be!
Day 2- Was HELL! Ryker hates the lortab he needs which contains 7% alcohol so it burns and tastes nasty. I called the doctor and went back to Primary’s to get Ryker a prescription for oxycodone which he likes much better. He didn’t eat much and it was a complete struggle to get him to drink all day.

Tea party to get him to drink!

Day 3- He was eating a little and getting more fluids plus he wanted to play quite a bit. At this point we are still giving him around the clock pain meds every 4 hours even at night. The hospital called and I told them he is still running a slight fever but it goes down with Tylenol so they scared me and said he is not getting enough liquid. So we pushed and threatened liquid down him.

Day 4- Ryker woke up spunky and full of energy he ate much better and drank a lot (we still have to tell him too) we even skipped the 5:30 am medication and he was fine with it. He also had drank his full 8 oz of pediasure in the night which he hasn’t done since the surgery. Today was a GREAT day!

Day 5- Last night we tried to skip the night medications but Ryker woke up at 2:30 am screaming his ears hurt (that is all he has complained about in pain) so we gave him his medication and he went directly back to sleep. I wonder if just Tylenol would have worked rather then the oxy because he fell back to sleep instantly and it didn’t have time to kick in. He slept soundly until he woke up at 8:00 am and I gave him his meds to start the day. He also drank a full pediasure in the night again. The rest of the day he only needed Tylenol to control his pain.

Day 6- Was an okay day we had officially been off oxycodone for 24 plus hours and just controlling pain with Tylenol. He has been eating and drinking well but has not pooped in 5 whole days with putting Miralax in everything he was drinking. Well believe me later on that night it finally kicked in and that kid has been a pooping machine which relieved me to know he finally went. I know the oxycodone will constipate kids. Later on in the evening he was pretty whiny so we gave him a dose of oxy and it seemed to relieve his pain. When he was upset while we were giving him his pain meds he was coughing and I thought a burger came out of his nose but now I am thinking it was probably his scab coming off in pieces, Hopefully it is! Today was the first day he took a nap which he needed.

Day 7- Just like day 2 it was HELL. They said it would be a roller coaster of pain and man were they right. Ryker is back on his oxy pain meds every 4 hours (besides at night he gets really upset if we wake him so we wait to see if he comes to us complaining) and does not want to eat or drink much. We have to constantly remind him to drink. He has been a couch potato most of the day snuggling with Mom and Dad and watching movies. Very grumpy! I am so OVER my lovie feeling miserable. I hope this means the scabs are coming off and we are on the mend. I don’t think he or I can take much more.
Day 8- I went to work and Ryker is with Grandma. He woke of complaining of ear pain in the middle of the night so gave him his medication and he went back to sleep just fine. Grandma said he has been pretty good and needed just Tylenol for his pain. We checked out Briggs mouth (they had the procedure done the same day) because he said he swallowed something last night and his scabs are almost gone. I am completely jealous because Ryker’s are still there. UGH!

Briggs

Day 9- Ryker slept well last night but was complaining of ear pain in the morning so I gave him the oxycodone. The rest of the day he drank and ate very well and only needed one dose of Tylenol. He was really active and played. In the evenings he seems to get more whiny and wants to snuggle with just me (I don’t mind at all)!
Day 10- Back at Grandma’s today! Slept well last night with no medication. In the morning he needed just Tylenol because he said it hurt a little. We can see the scabs are starting to lift on the sides so hopefully it wont be long! He had a pretty good day but said he was really hurting by dinner time so we gave him the oxy.

Day 11- Ryker had a GREAT night and DAY. He ate, drank and played well. NO pain medication at all. I think we are almost 100% back to normal!

Day 12- Ryker is back to Grandma's while I work and he has done GREAT no pain medication and seems to be back to normal! We feel very blessed to be over the worse of all this!