Kristi took Jonathan to the specialist on November 1st. He checked him out and confirmed that he needs surgery on his inguinal-unilateral-hernia. He'll have the surgery on November 14th first thing in the morning at St. Alexius Medical Center. Although it's a very common surgery, there are still risks involved with the anethstesia. He'll be able to eat an ounce of clear pedialite the morning of the surgery, but that's it. Should be interesting. The procedure takes about a half hour then he's allowed to eat as much as he wants, as soon as he wakes up. The Dr. said he'll leave it up to the Anethestesiologist on whether or not he'll stay in the hospital overnight or go home. He'll just want to make sure that Jonathan comes off of the medicine okay. Followup care will involve frequent diaper changes and sponge baths instead of regular bath time.
According to the Dr., there's a 40% chance that there is a hernia on his left side and he gave us the option for him to go ahead and explore that region while he's under, but we decided against any unnecessary surgery since there were no apparent signs of a hernia on that side. I hope we made the right decision!
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