Ethan in the hospital

At Ethan's follow up appointment the x-rays showed that his bone shifted out of place. The Dr. decided he needed to have surgery that very day to put the bone back in place and have pins inserted to hold it in place while it healed. Ethan's biggest concern about surgery was the fact he couldn't eat or drink anything beforehand. He fasted from 8a until his surgery at 3:15p. I picked him up from school at lunchtime so he wouldn't have to sit and watch all his friends eat! We waited for quite a while in pre-op. First in his street clothes, then in the nifty gown they gave him. He made himself at home in the hospital bed!

After the surgery, which lasted about 30 minutes, Ethan was very drowsy and took a while coming out of recovery and the anesthesia. He kept falling back to sleep!

Finally, I put him back in his clothes while he was half asleep and we got him into the wheelchair and it was time for us to go. We didn't leave until about 6:30p. after having to check in at the hospital at 1:30p. It was a long afternoon! Luckily, the surgery went perfectly. He has two pins in his bones, underneath the cast.

(This writing was by my mom, because I didn't know all the 'details' of the surgery. Sorry the pictures are not in order, I could NOT figure it out!)