catching up again...april 16th 2012

OUr c Finding time to update the blog is so hard. Zack gets into everything so I cant take my eyes off him for a minute or who knows what he will be destroying...hopefully with all the kids home today they are keeping some sort of an eye on him. trying to catch up as this is sort of a family journal. April 16 2012 was one of the longest and scariest days of my life...sending my baby in for surgery. None of my kids have had surgery except Sam. This was his second ( his first was when he was 3 weeks old) but this was a biggie. He was having a pyleplasty on his left kidney. basically cutting the connection of the ureter to the kidney. cutting out the blocked bit and reattaching. It was meant to be 2-3 hours however is was more like 3-4 hours long. Iw as so worried that something might go wrong, he may not wake up or that they would botch his circumcison which he was having at the same time.. since none of my others have been circumcised I was quite stressed about it but his surgeon had insisted it was neccessary with his kidney problems. His surgery went well and then we started a very long 8 days in hospital. But as it is in Hobart there were certainly plenty of familier faces both staff and patients to help make the time go a little faster. Hwoever we were certainly relieved when his drain finally came out and we were allowed to go home. Thankfully since then he hasnt had any problems. His kidneys are still screwed but the surgery has hopefully stopped any further damage to the kidneys. were are still waiting to hear about his 3 month post surgery test results but I am hopeful that kidney function hasnt got any worse in that kidney..the right kidney who knows. that one is certainly harder to fix and may not be worth fixing since its already low functioning.