Saturday, Doin' Awesome!

No pain meds other than tylenol...I just still can't believe it!  It's totally God!  Kevin and his mom came that morning to visit.  Shortly after, Bro. Danny arrived to get Mrs. Becky and head on home.  Kevin stayed and hung out for a while, while Kendall and Allison stayed at the house watching Kaylie and Kade.  I miss my other babies so much and worry about them, even though they have been with family the whole time.  But I think it would just be harder on them to com visit...I found out Friday night that siblings could come visit, but I think we'll go home either today or tomorrow.  Kohl seems to be doing very well, and as long as I cushion his neck with a blanket so to not put any pressure on his head or incision, he seems to be comfortable when I nurse him. Kevin held Kohl for a lil while for the first time since the surgery and did really great...Kohl was full of smiles and cooed with Daddy for a lil while so I could eat my lunch.  A little later, I got Kohl to sleep and passed him off to sleep on Kevin's chest so I could get a shower.  I know Kevin is so thankful, as I am, that everything has gone so well...He has told me several times already that he has been praying not only that the surgery would go well, but that he would recover better than average...and I think that prayer has definately been answered!!!

Kevin left to head home that afternoon to relieve Kendall and Allison.  Dr. Joseph came in that evening to assess Kohl (which I did make him pose for a pic with the lil man! lol)  He said how wonderful Kohl looked and that we could go home whenever I was ready, right then if I wanted.  The nurse explained that I was concerned about the noise and stimulation at home with two older siblings, so we all agreed that one more night of quiet sleep would be good for Kohl and we'd go home in the morning. 

Only minutes after Dr Joseph left, I noticed that Kohl's hat was coming off, so I eased it off to look at the back of his head and noticed that it was very misshaped...I had just taken pic of how round it looked earlier when Kevin had been there, and now it was all weird shaped out to the side and all...I quickly called the nurse who said that she thought it was just like a pocket of fluid/swelling in the back.  But she called Dr. Joseph (who actually was on call, but had come by to check on Kohl anyway.)  The dr on call said that it was normal and was just a pocket of fluid like she said. 

There was also later some question on how to clean his head (since it had not been really cleaned since the surgery and still had bededine (sp?) and dry blood in his hair.)  His night nurse, Joy, removed the bandage strip off of the incision and though I knew what to expect, I found out later after she left and the charge nurse came in, that she kinda got light-headed after seeing it.  She had been making over how cute Kohl was, and I think just wasn't prepared completely for what was under that bandage strip.  He was her first craniotomy baby, as she had only been a nurse for a year.  But she was super sweet and helpful.  Several nurses came to look at his head and dicuss what to do to clean it, since Dr. Joseph wasn't available to talk to, and we all came to the consensus that while Dr. Joseph is awesome at what he does, he isn't much on the lil details like this.  But that's completely o.k.  I'd just clean it with a  washcloth, and be sure not to submerge the incision in water anytime soon.  But Kohl in the meantime, just stole the hearts of all the nurses!  He was smilin' and cooin'...we even got video of him flirtin' with the floater nurse!  They're used to dealin' with preemies and newborns...and Kohl was just eatin' up all the attention!  lol