On Friday we went into Palo Alto a little before Silas' pre-op appointment. We went to Baylands Nature Preserve. It is one of the top bird watching places and was very beautiful. Silas missed it - he was napping in the car - but the girls, Kristyn and I enjoyed walking around. This was a very long bridge that stretched out into the bay.
Aunt Kristyn and Madelyn at the end of the bridge. We saw lots of birds and ducks.
Silas before surgery - excuse the angle of my face in the picture!! He stayed busy coloring and then they gave him some medication to help calm him down before they took him back. That way he wasn't screaming as they rolled him away from us - made it easier for mommy and daddy!
Silas is very relaxed now - the medication has kicked in. Buzz, Woody and Silas all got surgical hats on.
After surgery - Silas was slow to wake up which is good. He did great but was really tired on Monday night. He ate a little before crashing and sleeping all night.
This picture is for Darcy and those of you who's child will be having this surgery. The red tubes and bulbs at the top are the drains. Silas had his taken out today. They basically drain extra fluid (blood) from the scalp. Silas does not like the drains - they hurt and he cried really hard when they were pulled out today. It has been the ONLY time in both surgeries that he has cried. He is coming along - I am not glad he was in pain, but emotionally I am glad he was able to let his true feelings out! Anyway - you can see a tiny bit of the white cup under the hat. Silas will wear this for at least 3 weeks - it protects his ear. Right now the ear has a big mold on it and then is protected with the cup. We will change the mold out several times over the next few weeks - it helps to keep swelling down.
Trying to wake up after surgery
Bless his heart - trying to work a puzzle but he was so tired!
Fast asleep after a long day of surgery. They took Silas back for surgery around 7:30 and we were taken back into recovery a little after 5:00.
Day after surgery - AMAZING! We went to the de Young Museum. It is a really good art museum. Not really the rest of my families favorite place, but it had free admission on Tuesday. It was nice to go and walk around for a while. Then we headed to the Golden Gate Bridge.
My three favorite little people
View of San Francisco from the bridge
Girls
Boys
So far we have had a fantastic trip. Tomorrow we will drive to LA and finish the rest of our trip there. One-third of the way done! We are enjoying the CA weather this time of year and have had some really fun family time. We are so thankful Silas' surgery was successful! I will do a separate post explaining in detail what they did to the internal ear.
