Seth's day under the knife went pretty well yesterday. Took him to the ENT building around 10:45 and had him home by 3:30, so not too bad considering what was done. My folks stayed with Ella - thanks Grandma and Grandpa! Seth got checked in and changed into that wonderful one size fits all hospital gown that we all know and love..... Then it was time to WAIT until the doctor was ready for him. The surgery took about an hour + 45 minutes, after which the doc came out to talk to me about how it all went. Seth did great in surgery. Apparently the growth of the clusteotoma had spread further than he'd anticipated, so they had to do quite a bit of removal. We feel lucky that there wasn't permanent damage done with how far this had reached.... we've heard it can cause nerve damage, permanent hearing loss and more. So they got Seth's ear drum repaired and inserted a piece of plastic to take the place of his ear bones (which had been eaten up by the clusteotoma). That plastic will have to be removed in a few months and the ear bones rebuilt. Yea, another surgery! Seth is so happy! :)
When I got back to see Seth after surgery, I felt so bad for him. A big bandage on his ear and guaze wrapped all the way around his head. I took a pic, but he hasn't cleared it for posting on the blog - and I'm not expecting that to happen anytime soon. Sorry everyone. Seth's recovering now at home and isn't in too much pain thank goodness. He'll head back for a check up in 2 weeks to see how things are healing up. It'll be a quiet weekend at home for us.
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Glad to hear things went okay! We wish Seth a speedy recovery and send our love to you all.
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