Maintenance Day 6

It feels like its been a long week....

Carter had surgery yesterday and he did so well.  He was nervous about the procedure but was very mature about the entire situation.  We arrived at the hospital around noon and by 2:45pm he was in with the Dr for repair of the hernia.  His doctor confirmed that he had an inguinal hernia and would have had it from birth. When the testes descended the passage didn't completely close leaving a small hole that was allowing fluid to pass. The dr indicated that quite often it goes undetected until teenage years when a sport injury causing a larger hernia resulting in emergency surgery.  Carter handled the anestia well and woke good.  he was really sleepy though.  We were home around 6pm.

Today Carter moved slowly and carefully but wasn't in any discomfort. So we will see how tomorrow goes before determining when he will go back to school.

Nathan had a week of adjusting. Since his counts were high enough he went to school Wed and Thursday morning and then all day Friday. Its hard going back after being gone. His friends are there but there is not routine to go out with them for recess so that left Nathan disappointed. Time will fix that.  He also had a teacher come twice last week, an hour each time to try and get him caught up. It was cute tonight as he asked if tomorrow was a school day but I said no. So he asked if we could make it a school day at home. He would like to get caught up so that he can get back on chart again. I wonder where he heard that line from!

Today was the last dose of the steroid for 3 more weeks. Man that throws Nathan all over the board emotionally.  He was flying high today though and was determined he wasn't going to hockey. I convinced him he should try and when we got there, comedian Nathan appeared. He had the kids in the dressing room in stiches. 3 times dressed and 3 times to the bathroom. I had to take his skates off once as they were on too long. And then standing and waiting to go on the ice, I over heard another parent say her younger son was sick with the Chicken pox. The older son plays with Nathan and the younger boy there at hockey and was in the dressing room when Nathan and the other kids were getting dressed. So how close of contact does one need to be to be at risk of getting the virus? The concern with a compromised immune system is inability to fight it. So the clinic has said if in contact with someone with the virus Nathan would need a special shot in order to help his immune system. I don't know the stage other than was still blistering and was really itchy. And what is the definition of in contact. The boys were at least 10 feet apart.  But then tonight I had a thought - the mom brought the jerseys so can the virus transfer to clothing? So Monday I will need to call the clinic to find out if we need to do anything.  Frustrating to say the least.

Tomorrow will be a quiet day - cleaning and hopefully get some decorating done.  The outside is done and hope to start working on the inside. We are looking forward to enjoying the season's traditions this year and hoping for a little normalcy.