Ammon's Surgery Time Tomorrow (Friday) AND New Procedure Added

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I just received instructions and a time for Ammon’s surgery tomorrow (Friday). Check in is at 11:30 AM and the surgery will be around 12:30 PM.

They have added a procedure on to the surgery agenda tomorrow. In addition to removing his tonsils and adenoids and draining his ears if necessary, his urologist will be doing a procedure called a cystoscopy and dilation of the urethra. When he was a baby, they had to do some major “re-plumbing” of his urethra. Overtime the opening of the urethra narrowed (stenosis), which affects the urine stream – making it a thin, super high-pressured stream, which isn’t good. Last summer they did this procedure and it really helped to open things up. However, it has narrowed again and so they have to repeat it. We are really apprehensive about having this done again, because Ammon had such excruciating pain whenever he urinated afterwards for 3 days that it left him quite traumatized!!! It was horrible!! As much as I don't want him to be in pain in TWO very key places (where life sustaining fluids enter the body and where they leave the body), I also don't want him to go through two separate surgeries either. It’s safer to under go general anesthesia once and take care of both procedures. I’m just concerned about the recovery!!! At least this time he will be given prescription pain medication (Loratab) for the tonsillectomy pain. I’m hoping this will also cover the other pain.

I had really hoped for a morning surgery, so Ammon wouldn’t have to starve for so long, but we will just have to do our best to keep him distracted. He can’t have anything to eat after midnight, and water and apple juice up to 9:30 AM. That means that unless we wake him up around 11:30 tonight to eat something, he will actually end up going for 16-17 hours without food before his surgery starts, not to mention how long it will be before he's actually able to eat with his sore throat!! YIKES! And even if we do wake him, he will still end up fasting for 12-13 hrs before the surgery. For a little guy who has to eat immediately in the morning, and eat every 2-3 hours all day long, this is difficult. PLEASE PRAY for him to get through that. The prayers really helped last summer when he had his urology surgery. His surgery was delayed 3 hours and he ended up going without food for 10.5 hours before surgery – and no water for 6.5 hours. Unfortunately, this is going to be MUCH longer, so I’m praying for no delays and a comfortable Ammon.

Thanks for all your prayers! They really do make a difference!