80/20 = Winning

 Well folks, we're two days after surgery and I would have to say we are doing better than I would have expected.  Tuesday and Wednesday the whole family was riding the emotional wave of a three year old post major surgery.  Sounds fun, right? :)  As of today though I would say 80% of the time Nathan is doing exceptionally well.  The 20% of the time he's in pain or frustrated with the casts are really, really hard but like the title of this post says - 80/20 is definitely winning.  As always, coming out of anesthesia Tuesday was rough.  At one point Jonny, myself and three nurses were trying to control "Wild Man" (nurses nick-name) and he still managed to pull out his IV!  Strong willed, three year olds coming out of surgery are a force to be reckoned with for sure.

During surgery he ended up having his adenoids taken out as well.  Not an uncommon procedure at all (Apert or not) and especially with his mid-face fusions and fun airways this will hopefully just create a little more space for him.

His casts are much shorter than we expected, which is great!  As of this afternoon he's feeling much more adventurous about walking on them.  He's definitely using the "hold me" phrase a lot though and milking that for all it's worth...  Hard to be too mad about that ;)  Overall, I think we're staying on top of the pain pretty well.  Keeping him distracted from the frustrating casts has been tricky but the more he gets used to them, the better it is for all of us.

We're so thankful and touched by how well we're being cared for.  Meals, groceries, giving our other kids play-dates...  I'm pretty convinced that part of why Nay-Nay is recovering so well is because so many folks are sacrificing to meet our practical needs so that our attention can be really focused on him.  Thank you to so many of you for your prayers and encouragement to us on Tuesday as well - we didn't feel alone as we sat in the waiting room by ourselves.  Thank you.

I'm off to catch up on laundry but (especially for the O-H-I-Oians and our family out of state) I leave you with a pic of the other two kids and a video of Nathan riding his tricycle the day before surgery.  How far we've come...
 




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  1. UnknownApril 21, 2017 at 6:40 AM

    Praise The Lord! So blessed to share this journey with you. Miss you!

    John and Chris Sauner

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  2. Bonnie TaskerApril 21, 2017 at 10:29 AM

    Keeping you all in my prayers and praying for Nathan's recovery to be a quick one.

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