Surgery was a success

Today was Nicholas's bilateral hernia repair and circumcision. His surgery was performed at UW American Family Children's Hospital in Madison. We were the first case of the morning (always best) and the surgery went well. As you can imagine, we were most concerned about the anesthesia portion of the surgery and most relieved when they told us he was extubated and breathing well on his own. One interesting thing that we did learn from the anesthesiologist is that Nicholas's airway is constricted and smaller than normal, which puts him at an even higher risk of serious complications from something as simple as a cold. We will see our friends from pulmonary prior to being discharged. We are going to spend the night at the hospital for observation and expect to be discharged in the morning. Nicholas continues to show what a "tough" little guy he is and is slowly bouncing back to normal. He is having discomfort and pain, but these little guys are only given Tylenol (I'm sure we would all expect something a bit stronger for pain).

For those of you interested in his weight, his is now 9 lbs 13 oz. and he is solidly into 0-3 mos sizes. His preemie and newborn clothes all look so small now.

We finally have a proper nursery for Nicholas as his crib and dresser were delivered last week. We went with a "Jungle" theme and we are incorporating some of our safari pictures of mother and baby animals. He is still getting used to his crib but everyday seems to get a little easier.

We hope all the mom's out there had a wonderful Mother's Day! Our first Mother's Day proved to be very special (made even more special with the cards, flowers and well wishes that so many sent).