Surgery X 2

Ben got his first set of grommets in February. I say first because one of them isn't working already! But anyway the morning came with a very nervous Mummy and Daddy. Thankfully we got a morning surgery because Ben had to be nil by mouth for several hours before.

I got to take him into the theatre which meant wearing this very fetching gear.

 By far and away it was the hardest thing I have ever done! Ben being Ben fought the anaesthetic and they had to up the gas a bit! Thank goodness a good friend told me about the jerking and writhing otherwise the Dr probably would have copped one in the mouth! But he was finally under and the surgery could begin....

 And the comfort eating could begin for me. Coke and chocolate at 8am. Yum!

 The nurse came and got us about an hour later and I dove into the bed to give my baby a cuddle. There may or may not have been tears! The nurses loved Ben. Apparently he was the cutest unconscious boy they have ever seen! One nurse told me that the second he started coming out of it he was foraging for his thumb. Apparently meters of gauze bandage was not going to stop him!
But Benny wasn't the only Rickard to have surgery. On the very same day Ben got his grommets Bolt lost his!

We ended up with two very sad, sorry and groggy boys or former boys!