Surgery

It's 6am. We arrive at the hospital. There's paperwork to finish, questions to answer, three or four different nurses to talk to,  heights, weights and measurements to be taken, a bath to give, and waiting to be done. Lots and lots of waiting.  After about an hour and a half, we're taken upstairs. Upstairs into the sterile, quiet, cold pre-op room. We sit.... and wait. We've met the surgery nurses and the anesthesiologist. We're just waiting for the doctor to scrub in and give the signal. For now, Kody, in his little tiger hospital gown, is settled safely in daddy's arms.  

Amazingly, I'm mostly calm and at peace. Maybe it was the fact that two days prior, the verse I was reading in my study Bible referenced another verse in the book of Genesis right smack in the middle of the story about Jacob wrestling with God. I read the verses nearby to get some context and discovered text about a dislocated hip, hip sockets, and tendons. Sure seemed like more than just an ironic coincidence to me. Of all the things I could've come across in the Bible, I come across a story about a dislocated hip!! While I'm not exactly sure how the story applies to Kody's situation, it still brought me peace. In the meantime, we pray. Pray the everything will go as planned, pray that Kody will be back to us in just a short little while.  

And he was. Lots of tears, confusion, and hunger, but he was with us. Daddy was the one to get Kody calmed down.

After 12 hours in the hospital, ALL of us were ready to get back home. It has since been a learning process. And it feels like we're starting over again. Relearning how to hold, feed, and care for a baby who had become somewhat independent.

It's been hard and kind of sad, but when we see this two-toothed smile, we can't help but laugh. And even though it doesn't come around quite as much as it did, it warms your heart every time you do see it.



And now that we know Kody can be comfortable on his belly, playtime with brother is just like it's always been. Kody has already figured out how to spin in a circle and is even starting to pull himself forward.