Thanks everyone.
It truly is unbelieveable, and I have no idea why -- except that during the time we think he did it, he was having a lot of emotional problems due in part to the medications he was on, narrowly avoiding bowel surgery, starting middle school, and his dad having brain surgery. All in all, a pretty tumultous time in his life. I can only hope that since he's had medications adjusted and seems to be doing better, and that he's now seeing a therapist who knows all about this situation and difficult child 1's avoidance method of coping, we can begin to help him heal physically and emotionally and move forward.
I'm still a little wiped out from the day. It was very long and exhausting. Since he was supposed to be NPO for 8 hours prior and our time slot was 1:15pm, he wanted me to wake him early to eat something. So I got up at 4:45 to give him some food, then went back to bed at 5am. Got back up at 7am to get easy child and difficult child 2 ready and off to school. Then got difficult child 1 up, medicated, and we left by 9:30am so we could drive the 50 miles to the hospital. Got there at 11am. Parked and checked in at our designated 11:15am time. Went through registration/admissions and then up to the 3rd floor lobby to wait. And wait. And wait. They were running 2 hours behind!!! They finally called us back to the prep area where he got into his gown and the went over all his medical info with me and started his IV. Considering his past needle phobia, he did really well with it. The anesthesiologist was great and difficult child 1 did well communicating his anxiety -- asked for something to help him relax because his throat felt really tight -- and once they gave him some happy juice he was just the most pleasant guy to be around, even if he was a bit random in his conversation.
They finally wheeled him away around 3:30pm, so husband and I went to get something to eat. At 4:15pm we got a call from the uro telling us everything went smoothly and difficult child 1 was in recovery. It took about two hours to get him through that and finally discharged. And then another two hours to get home in Friday night traffic with one pit stop and a drive thru for some food for difficult child 1.
husband and I zoned out in front of the TV for a few hours and went to bed. difficult child 1 played video games for a while and then crashed, too. He's supposed to take things easy for the weekend and then he should be good to go about his usual business. They did not send him home on any antibiotics although he just finished a round last week because his preop physical showed he had a bladder infection. We'll follow up with the pediatrician Monday and have a recheck on that. I'm not going to know what to do with a life suddenly absent of medical problems!!!
