We're Home!!
He was pretty groggy as we left the hospital but on the way home he asked if he could watch Star Wars. Of course we said yes! That seemed to perk him up.
When we got home we put him to bed and let him watch as much Star Wars as he wanted. He watched all afternoon and never fell asleep. He even joined us at the table for dinner.
The whole day went beautifully. The only thing that went wrong was our entire bottle of Tylenol with Codeine was poured on the carpet by Jake. Yuck.
We are so thankful for all of your prayers. We are so blessed.
Tomorrow we will go check in with Dr. Kopke. He will re-bandage Max's head. From there it will just be lots of rest and relaxation. We'll take it pretty easy for the next week.
I'm sure most of you know this, but Max will not be able to "hear" just yet. The doctor likes to let the incision heal for at leat 4 weeks before putting on the processor. Even though he "heard" his first sound today, it was only a test run. We'll let you know when his activation is scheduled. That's when it will get exciting.
Again, thank you all for the calls, emails, comments and prayers.
posted by Erin at 9:56 PM
18 Comments:
Yea for Max! What an amazing day and what a long day for you all. So happy that it all went so well. I hope you all have a wonderful night's sleep and that the next few days will be restful for you all. It has been such a blessing for us all to watch you all take this journey. God is so good and wonderful things are ahead.
Much love and sweet dreams.......
Sandra Y.
WOOOHOOOOO! Love the updates! Thanks for letting us in on all the action. I am so thankful that he is doing so well. I am SO EXCITED for him! :0) Angel
i'm so incredibly glad things are going well!!!! max is such a dear i wish i could just squeeze him! will you give him a gentle hug for me? anna-kate is being such a wonderful sister and friend (just as i'm sure you knew she would be) and jake did just the right thing for being almost two:) continuing to pray for you all...
I love the poof of hair coming out of the bandage! Glad to hear all is well.
That is amazing
So glad everything went well. That is so exciting! Will be praying for you during this time.
Jessica 'King' Arbogast
Oh wow, guys! I'm so happy to be able to catch up with the blog and see all the posts and know the surgery went well. We are so thankful. I do believe my favorite picture is of Max heading into surgery in his little backless nightgown. Praying for you all! Love you and see you soon.
Love the pictures! You'll be glad you have those one day. When I had that ear surgery when I was little that I told you about, my bandage looked just like that. I forgot to tell you that some woman at a McDonalds made a snide comment that that's what happens to little girls when they play too hard. To this day, I still remember it! I guess Max won't be able to hear any remarks that come his way. Not for now at least!
Yay! We are so excited for him here at the Woods's household. We miss him dearly and are praying for him and for you guys!!!!!!!
I am so excited for you guys. And I have to say that he is absolutely adorable with that bandage on his head. Thank you for sharing your sweet story. I can't wait to hear about him discovering sounds.
So surprised that this had happened this week when I checked your blog. So glad Max seems to be doing well! I know you are excited to see the results. Please keep us posted - you do that so well. Be sure and tell Max and Anna Kate that everyone at IP misses all of you! Love you guys!
WOW! I'm so glad to have seen your blog today and find out about Max's surgery. Hurray for Max! He sounds like a real trooper! We'll be praying for a quick recovery. :) Can you imagine the look on his face one day when he's able to hear the Star Wars theme song for the first time?! How cool will that be?!
Oh, what a blessing reading all these posts was. We have been gone and just found out about all this today. We will be praying for the 'waiting' and of course the healing process. We love you all and are anticipating the proof of this miracle that has already begun. Praise the Lord!
This is so awesome! I will be checking for updates. I can imagine he will be blown away when he gets to hear all of the Star Wars effects - I am sure he would think it was pretty awesome.
I will keep Max AND you in our prayers.
So glad to hear he is doing well. Can't wait for updates as he heals and when his CI is activated. How exciting!
We are full of wonder and excitement as these events unfold. Our prayers include your family and the desire that sounds of rejoicing be among the first for Max to experience. What are your thoughts for the first words you want to say? I assume his mind will need some time to decipher it, but that he'll get the message right away.
I was just thinking; Maybe we could all make some recordings and greetings and send them over to you. You guys could make a compilation of sorts: The Far Out Sounds from People Near & Dear. Mm? Maybe?
If so, I'll go ahead and call dibs on the Transformers transformation sound and Optimus Prime telling the Autobots to "Roll out".
Okay, we need new info. Some of us are checking twice daily to see how Max and fam are doing. NEW INFO NEEDED!!!
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