Milo was done with surgery at 1pm. The doctor started about 9am. So it was a 4 hour surgery. We got to see Milo just a few minutes before 2pm.
He is swollen. Really swollen. He spent most of his time in the post op room oozing blood from both face orifices. Puking blood is a new thing for Milo. He’s never done that before.
It’s normal though. Since they were doing all of the work in his mouth, they could not intubate him through his mouth. They had to do it through his nose. That causes bleeding in the nose which makes its way down his throat and into his stomach for all of the surgery. The stomach does not want all that blood in it. So when the body wakes up, the body wrenches it out.
Fun times in the post op room.
His semi private room (he has no roommate right now) is quiet, mostly dark, and less exciting than the post op room. All good things.
