Done.
Just a quick note. I am posting from Los Banos, where a few hours ago, I had Matthew's tongue tie surgically cut. We're here because my mom and ninang, who helped us finance this, chose the doctor. He was very nice and very good, by the way.
Everything is okay now, he's asleep after a very tiring day. It was uneventful as expected (except for a nasty anesthesiologist who told me that I had to "control" the crying child because he can't sedate him that way. I literally shook in anger and told him he need not be stern as I wouldn't know that piece of information thank you. By the time it surgery came, he was all nice. Probably realized belatedly that a mother's ire is not something to be courted.) Matthew cried a lot when the IV was placed (to hydrate him, and later to administer the anesthesia). I can only empathized---I detest those things. I even feel the needle after they take it out, and I feel that if I move a millimeter, it will break under my skin. I think my son takes after me.
Anyway, I saw Matthew's released tongue just once so far. When he spat out food to signal he was done eating. But that was after he demanded for solids when wanted to restrict him to milk and mashed food first. He had not taken anything else by mouth since 10am because he was scheduled for general anesthesia. I found it though a very good sign that he had a hearty appetite after surgery.
Well, that's over and done with. My boy and I still have a busy schedule ahead. Tomorrow, we head back to Manila and straight to a product launch! But then again, I don't think the Matthew's quite aware of what happened to him. I wonder though if he remembered what it feels to be drugged. The sedated look in his eyes was quite a sight, I must say.
Everything is okay now, he's asleep after a very tiring day. It was uneventful as expected (except for a nasty anesthesiologist who told me that I had to "control" the crying child because he can't sedate him that way. I literally shook in anger and told him he need not be stern as I wouldn't know that piece of information thank you. By the time it surgery came, he was all nice. Probably realized belatedly that a mother's ire is not something to be courted.) Matthew cried a lot when the IV was placed (to hydrate him, and later to administer the anesthesia). I can only empathized---I detest those things. I even feel the needle after they take it out, and I feel that if I move a millimeter, it will break under my skin. I think my son takes after me.
Anyway, I saw Matthew's released tongue just once so far. When he spat out food to signal he was done eating. But that was after he demanded for solids when wanted to restrict him to milk and mashed food first. He had not taken anything else by mouth since 10am because he was scheduled for general anesthesia. I found it though a very good sign that he had a hearty appetite after surgery.
Well, that's over and done with. My boy and I still have a busy schedule ahead. Tomorrow, we head back to Manila and straight to a product launch! But then again, I don't think the Matthew's quite aware of what happened to him. I wonder though if he remembered what it feels to be drugged. The sedated look in his eyes was quite a sight, I must say.