Surgery

Yesterday I faced one of my biggest fears ever: sending my baby into surgery. If you are all wondering why in the world Kingston had to have surgery here's the story. Sorry if this makes any of you blush but in order to make this understandable I have to be very blunt. Kingston was born with something called a hydrocele. When the baby is in the womb, their little testicles are actually up inside their stomachs and eventually drop down. When Kingstons dropped down the hole that they dropped down through never closed back up. So fluid has been draining down through that hole ever since he was born. We knew about this problem before he was even born and he has been seeing the most amazing Urologist up at Primary Childrens Hospital. The majority of boys that are born with hydroceles usually close up on their own by the time they turn 1. So we waited to see if Kingstons would close up and it never did and surgery is the only way to repair it. For the most part its a very simple procedure-they just go in, drain the fluid and stitch up the hole that never closed. Well, the simple procedure turned into a more complicated procedure for Kingston. The Dr. came in after to talk to Adam and I and told us that Kingston put up a good fight-meaning he gave the Dr. a run for his money. His left hydrocele was what they call non-communicating meaning that the fluid had no communication with the abdominal cavity. So the fluid that was in his left testicle was acting like a dumbbell-just going back and forth in the same area. Because of that the tissue on his left side was so inflamed that he wasnt able to see the sperm cord or the blood vessels making it much more challenging for the Dr. He told us that in 1,000 hydrocele repairs that he has done Kingstons was in the top 5 most difficult and challenging. This experience has made me so much more grateful for wonderful, educated Dr's and amazing staff at Primary Childrens and for the technology that we have today. I knew that I was putting my child in Heavenly Fathers hands and the hands of our Dr and how thankful I am for the knowledge of the gospel and knowing that Heavenly Father was with my baby the whole time. He is now doing fantastic and has not let this surgery slow him down one bit. He is such a little fighter! All I have to say is that I am so glad that this emotional roller coaster has now come to an end because I am one exhausted mommy!!

Dressed and ready for surgery

Having fun playing in the waiting room

Tired & hungry

My little sleeping beauty