Surgery

Last week Ryder had to have a minor surgery to fix his being tongue tied. He was born that way and over the course of time it has caused a few problems for him so it was time to take him to an E.N.T. and have the frenulum clipped, thus freeing up his tongue. Part of this surgery was going to necessitate him going under anesthesia for just a couple minutes while they preformed the procedure. Due to this he was not allowed to have anything to eat or drink after midnight the night before his surgery. Since he is so little they didn't want to keep him from eating long so they scheduled it for 6:30 in the morning.

He woke up that morning as happy as could be, which is the norm for him he is a morning baby! He was all smiles and happy and getting the attention of all the nurses in the surgical center. As it came time for the procedure we had to put him in a little hospital gown, pictured above, and they took him back to the room where they would be preforming the procedure. During all this the nurses warned us that babies generally wake up from the anesthesia pretty upset. They are usually fussy and irritable. So we were prepared for him to be upset when they called us back afterward. But to our surprise when we got back there he was all smiles and happy and had about every nurse in the place in his recovery room waiting for Anna and I to get back there! They told us that the procedure went off flawlessly and that Ryder was such a joy! One nurse even said that they wished all babies were as good as Ryder! I kind of puffed my chest out and had a "yea that's my son" moment. I was just so happy that he came through all of it perfectly and that it all went off without a hitch.

I said all that to say this, Anna and I had a lot of people praying for Ryder that morning. A lot of our close friends, family and people from church were covering Ryder that morning in prayer. We even had one friend set an alarm clock so that she would be awake to pray for him before he went into surgery that morning! Without a doubt Anna and I felt God's presence and blessings on Ryder that morning. We are so lucky and thankful to have such amazing friends and family who will stand up and pray for us. Thank you to everyone who kept my son in your thoughts and prayers last Wednesday morning, Anna and I cant thank you enough.