Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Pre-surgery memories worth remembering part 1




Kohath was born with hypospadias and needs to go through reconstructive surgery.  We visited with the doctor at the Children's hospital in Madera on the 17th of february.  He saw the doctor and explained the surgery to us.  She also required that he gets three shots, once a week, for three weeks before the scheduled surgery....

So first obstacle was to find the shots here in bakersfield so we don't have to drive up to madera everytime...That would save us almost 18 hours of travel for three weeks.  But then out of one month of searching for pharmacies and hospitals that could supply us with the medications, none of them worked.  So we ended up having to drive up to madera every week to get koko's HCG shots. 

Second Obstacle: Since I dont drive...i have to find rides...and that was a struggle too...Thanks to my friends from the family ward we go to, I was able to find rides to appointments...but today...the 8th of april, the person who was suppose to take us came down with shingles so we had to find a different ride last minute.  

April 8,  we woke up early to get ready...koko got changed after his shower, and as i was getting everything ready...i heard him push hard...and then i looked at the clock and it was 8:20am already.  10 min before our ride arrives...he needed a diaper change...he sees to it that he gets his diaper dirty...just to test my patience... but it was better than having him do it on the way to madera...I was calm of all days...I get panicky at times because i hate making people wait on me.  Anyways we get to Madera..and everything that could go wrong...with tubes connecting the Pharmacy from the urology Bldg not working...and kohath not wanting to get his weight measured...to forgeting to bring tissue for his runny nose...it was just a bit challenging...

So while waiting on the shot to come...kohath was so amazed at the opening and closing mechanism of drawers and doors of cabinets at the exam room.  So he opens and closes the doors and drawers.  He slammed a drawer and smashed his fingers once...cried so hard...for about 3-5 second he kept crying and screaming...then I(clueless) turned and saw his left fingers being  smashed by his pushing the drawer by his right hand...I for a second thought it was the funniest thing in the world...but then i took him in my hands, kissed his fingers and let him cry out his pain...  Another thing he found from the opening of drawers were lab gowns they had for babies.  he took one and tried to put it on by himself...but i had to help him...

Finally the nurse came and gave him the shot...after a gazillion years of waiting...finally she comes...we wait for 10 min just to make sure everything was good...then it was time to leave.  Kohath wont take off the hospital gown...he would cry so hard that we had to take the gown home with us.  

When we got home, he realized he didnt have his gown on, he started crying asking for it.  So i had to put it on him...So there he is...pictures will be posted soon... 

2 comments:

Pamilya Catubay said...

im glad you got a ride!

Carl and Jerevie said...

I think Koko would like to be doctor someday! :)