So many people asked, I thought I would post this. Jaylen’s surgery went well – no problems. He did have a hernia and not a hydrocele, which is very common for hydroceles to become full blown hernias.

He had trouble waking up from the anesthesia. It should have only taken about 30 minutes, and two hours later I was still trying to get him to come around. The nurses loved him and he had no problems leaving mom and dad to go with them to blow up his big red balloon, which was the anesthesia.

When he finally did wake up, he sat up groggy and said “I am hungry, get me a twizzler.” Instead he got crackers and apple juice.

His recovery has been a little harder than I anticipated. He ran a fever for most of the day today, and it got up over 102 and I called the doctor. He said that Jaylen’s lungs are probably struggling a little bit to get maximum oxygen so he wanted us to blow bubbles when his fever spiked. And to my surprise it actually worked. We sat outside today and blew bubbles three times and everytime it brought his temp down to under a 100.

I am hoping that tomorrow and Monday continue to get better. He can’t ride a bike or swim for two to three weeks, and the doctor said he shouldn’t play too roughly for awhile as well. I am so grateful for all the prayers and support.

Jay probably won’t be back to school until next Friday, but we’ll see how that goes.

Much love, Ms. Kelly