Daniel's operation

So yesterday was a LOOOOONG day! We arrived at the children's hospital at 4:30 and didn't get into our room until 9 pm. (There weren't any empty!) It's 30 minutes sooner than when we were admitted for transplant, so we are happy about that! IV didn't put in until 12:05 am.....IV fluids weren't ready from pharmacy until about 1:30. So, I laid Daniel in his bed at 1:40 and fell asleep. Only 2 interruptions during the night, but we were up and 'going' at 6:30. So it's a very sleep deprived day! Anyhow, so Daniel is here for tubes in ears, tonsils and adnoids out and his biopsy. So we have 2 teams working on him, renal and ENT. Renal team is the lead team and said we wouldnt' go down until 1 pm. WOW! At 7:30 Daniel was crying because he was hungry! It was going to be a long morning! So at 8 pm, our nurse came in and said ENT is coming to get Daniel, he's up! We were shocked and told them about what renal said. So down we went. We were grateful for that. Renal team wasn't however. They were scrambling. But ENT had 8 procedures that day and it was hard for them to 'fit' Daniel in. Only 2 biopsies. So about 3 hours later Daniel was done. He was NOT a happy camper! I believe it was worse than when he had his transplant! We were in recovery for about 1 1/2 hours. He is sleeping right now (with daddy) and has an oxygen nasal thing because he isn't breathing deep enough to keep his oxygen level high. They said once all the drugs wear out of him (from anesthetics) he will probably do better. He is a good little trooper! It's nice to only SEE him sleeping instead of hearing him sleep! His tonsils were so big, for 3 months, that you couldn't see his uvula (hangy downy thingy).
As far as the biopsy, they weren't successful. Dr. Sutherland tried 8 times (my little pin cushion) and couldn't get past the thick layer around the kidney. It's suppose to be there, so no worries, but still frustrating. We'll have to come back soon. We don't have a date yet.
So we are glad that the other was done! Now he can sleep well (and so can Kevin and I) and eat better and stop getting sick CONSTANTLY! We will be released tomorrow, as far as everything goes well. With transplants they like to monitor tonsilectomies because of the bleeding. It's a little higher than normal procedures and because of the body doesn't heal as quick.