Getting a 3yr old out of bed before sunrise never sounds like a good idea. We had to check in at 5:30am (So that we could sit in the waiting room at admissions for 40min of course).

Brendan was in a great mood all things considered.

When we moved in to the pre-op holding room and all of the doctors, nurses, and anesthesiologists were coming through in a big parade, he started to get really nervous.

The giant yellow socks didn’t help. His tech and toys weren’t helping too much either.

So they gave him a little Versed. That worked!

Everything went smoothly and they ended up removing the trach even before he woke up. The recovery room was rough until he could get through the cloud of anesthesia. He was very confused and tired. But no trach! And good sats!

By the time they moved us to his private room, he was all ready to play!

After lunch, Bill and Trevor came to visit. The boys discovered the controls on the hospital bed.

Bill is taking a shift at the hospital and I brought Trevor home to relax and make dinner. We will switch again at bedtime.

If everything goes well overnight, Brendan will be released tomorrow! 1219 days of having a trach. 174 trach tube changes. The new chapter in our life starts today!