bronchoscopy day...

friday morning we headed to children's hospital in milwaukee for max's bronchoscopy.
all he got to eat that day was some orange jello and 2 cups of apple juice.
his procedure was scheduled for 12:15 and we were supposed to arrive at 10:45.

we got to go to a play room after the nurse took his vitals. she came to get us around 11:45 so that we could talk to one of the doctors. then we sat in our pre-op room until 1:45.

this was max at about 1:30. he.was.done! and so were we. i understand that things don't always run on schedule but this poor little guy was hungry, thirsty and tired.

something temporarily came over him and he gave us this pose.

at about 1:45 the anethesiologist came in to talk to us. she was followed by a nurse with max's "goofy juice." i was all ready with the camera for him to be HILARIOUS. he was not. he just got really whiny. then, they took him back for the procedure.

drew and i sat in the waiting room and were surprised at how quickly the docs came out to talk to us. here is what they found. max has a partial obstruction in his upper airway from his tonsils and adenoids. sometime this fall he will have a sleep study done to determine if he needs to have them removed. in his lower airway, he has 80-85% collapse. the docs were surprised at how well he is doing in comparison to the level of collapse of his airway. surgery is not immediate but definitely not ruled out. his case will come before a large group of doctors and they will talk about the best care options for max.

here he is after coming out of anesthesia and hanging out with dada in the post-op room. he didn't care for the iv still being in his arm. the nurse gave him this ball as a bribe. drew and i spent the next hour picking it up off of the floor as he threw it over and over again.

he was so happy to have this popscicle!

we are so proud of our tough little guy. he did so good and was as cooperative as a hungry, tired almost 2 year old boy could be.