On Friday, our sweet little boy developed a hernia in his groin, came up really quickly and he was in alot of pain, so we got ourselves down to A & E pretty quick smart where john met us, they poked and prodded and decided he was to be transfered to Starship childrens hospital. By the time the ambulance came to take us over the heria had gone back in and he was ok however as they were possibly ging to have to operate he was to be kept nil by mouth untill he got there and they decide what was happening. so as we arrived he let the whole place know that he was starving and not happy bout it, they gave us the go ahead to give him a drink as because the hernia went back in they would oprate the next day instead, so it was up to the ward for the night, he was having a good time laughing at the nurses everytime they tried to put the monitor on him. Ethan slept wonderfully but im sure i spent most of night awake and not only because we were sharing a room with another baby who had just had the operation and his mum but they were up and down all night. was nil by mouth from 3am as op was booked for 9am, so with alot of distraction we managed to keep him fairly calm untill 10am when he went in (they were quite busy so was a little later than planned. Op went great they check the otherside and found another hernia so fixed that while they were there. He was a little upset when he woke but after he calmed down enough to take a feed he gave me a big smile that just melted my heart. Had to stay another night just to monitor him after having anestitic, during which time we had a new roommate, Anna age 11 and her mum, Anna was getting her apendix out and was a little scared but after seeing how happy Ethan was felt a little better. we also gave her a imitation yellow rose to keep to cheer her up and remember us by.
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