Thursday night I received a concerned call from a anaesthetist registrar who went to check on Raphael saying that he sounded like he had a severe respiratory infection and that it might not be safe to proceed with the surgery. But after I explained his normal state she understood that this was as good as he ever got. His normal anaesthetist also had a look at him that night and agreed that this was as good a time as any.
Friday surgery went smoothly and he was in NPICU (Neonate and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit) within three hours. He was very dopey coming out of his General anaesthetic with morphine, as would be expected. But after a nap and waking up in the evening, he set about his work charming the nurses in the ICU. Because of his risk factors he was kept in ICU overnight but he was in very good condition.The next day he was moved to the Paediatric ward and we found out later that the nurse handing him over said that she had fallen in love with Raphael and it was so nice to actually be a nurse to a person rather than to machines (which is what ICU nursing is normally about).
The ENT surgeon gave us a quick run down on how the surgery went (adenotonsilectomy and laryngoscopy) and the only thing that we were worried about was that his right ear had some blood in it. (The last time his left ear came back from surgery with blood in it he lost 50db of hearing in that ear).
Sunday morning 6/7/2008 he was discharged and he was very happy to come home again.
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