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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Hydrocele Surgery #2

On Tuesday, Max has a hydrocele repair on his left side. Last year, his right side was repaired.

A hydrocele is a collection of watery fluid around the testicle. It was explained to us as a step before a hernia. The dr wanted to fix it because he doesn't want it to develop in to a hernia and the fluid that is flowing from the abdomen to the testicle is warmer than what the testicle should be in which would cause poor growth of the testicle.

Max before surgery.



The surgery and recovery went really well. We were at the hospital for a total of two and a half hours. Three nurses that day knew Max from a previous stay or surgery. I found that quite interesting. The nurse in the recover room cared for Max while he was in the NICU at a different hospital. And to top that off, the anesthesiologist had put Max under before for his g-tube and nissen wrap surgery. I found all of that very comforting.

Since the surgery, Max has been himself. We are keeping him home all week to recover. He probably could have gone back to day-care and school today and Friday, but we didn't want to push it.

At Max's three year check up he was 22 pounds and 33 inches.

Max at home after surgery doing his favorite things. Watching Signing Times and rocking in the rocking chair.

10 comments:

Cindy said...

Happy Birthday, Max! I'm so glad your surgery and recovery went well.

Myssie@PendletonMarket said...

Glad surgery went well! Let's hope that he doesn't have to have that surgery again!!

Anonymous said...

yeah glad it went well. I'm sure Noah would like to come and watch signing times with Max too.

Brandi said...

Happy to hear that surgery is behind Max and he is doing well. Happy belated birthday Max!

Angelica mom to JesusRTS said...

Its a good thing that he is recovering so well!

Kerri H said...

Glad its over and recovery went smooth...hope you had a great TG!

Terri H-E said...

Sweet thing. And a tough guy!

Michelle said...

I'm just now catching up on blogs and such so forgive me! I checked Austin's baby book and Max is nearly the exact size Austin was at 3 years! Austin weighed a pound more but he was the same height as Max! I've never heard of anyone being as small as Austin. ;)

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