Today Brayden had his 3rd laser treatment surgery at the Phoenix Childerns' Hospital we had to check in at 6:30 am. He couldn't have anything to drink after 6 am.....so he did pretty good this morning and was full of smiles and while he played in the play area while waiting for Dr. Price, he even crawled around the nurse station and flirted with the nurses ;)
Finally at 8:45 they took Brayden back and when we handed him off to the nurse he was full of smiles and didn't care that he was leaving us. What a strong little boy! Surgery only took less then 45 minutes and then it was time to see Brayden in recovery. When he woke up he didn't cry much and he normally drinks 8 oz. right away but he was extra sleepy and only drank half a glass of apple juice.
When Dr. Price came back to talk to us, she said that everything went great and they she upped the dosage of the laser and that he already has some blistering and that she would put him on a steroid for 5 days to help with the swelling. And if he seems like he's in pain we can give him pain meds, but Brayden is usually fine and doesn't need them.
I told Dr. Price that Brayden would be going to Chicago for surgery on Feb 2nd, so she said that we would wait till May to do his next laser surgery.....he should need around 3 more rounds of laser. We can already tell the difference and it looks lighter then it originally did. Now since the laser was done today, the pigments in the satellite spots are super dark and they will start to scab over the next few weeks. Then they will start to lighten. We have to keep him out of the sun for the next few weeks and put Vaseline on his blisters. He got 5 or 6 big blisters, which she said is normal and when we use the Vaseline it will help keep it moist.
After we got out of the hospital we went to pick up his steroid and then we went to my grandparents and we went out for lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant. Brayden was so good at lunch and ate a whole banana and was full of smiles.
After we got home he took a 2.5 hour nap which he needed. Thank you everyone for all the support and for thinking of Brayden and praying for him.
We still have plenty of cookbooks for sale, please let me know if you would like one, they make great Christmas gifts :)
Brayden in his super hero cape waiting for Dr. Price
Brayden reading book with mommy
Brayden loved this toy! He was enjoying the play area at the hospital
Here are a few of his blisters...poor little guy! He doesn't even complain with the blisters that he has
After his nap, yes he wanted 3 binky's, how can I say no?!
Happy Brayden full of smiles for mommy!
Brayden enjoying his bath after his nap and talking away to his ducky :)
