Circumcision

mason - evan

Hopefully this isn't too personal for some of you. If it is then just skip this post.

Due to the boys prematurity and the Hospital's rules where they were born they were unable to be circumcised at birth.  When they came home at 4 weeks old there was the possibility of being able to do the circumcision then but our physician was too nervous about their age and that it might pose a bleeding risk. Our doctor referred us to a Urologist at Primary Children's Medical Center. Finally at 8 months old we were able to have the boys circumcised but it was quite the ordeal. Because of how old they were they had to be put under general anesthesia (or put to sleep) for the procedure.  Because of this they had to fast from midnight the night before until the actual surgery. They wanted us to come in at 9 and the surgery was scheduled for 10:30. We were there around 9:15 (it's hard to be on time when you have 4 kids!). We were in the surgery waiting room with plenty of time to spare before the surgery but because the doctor was running behind schedule they didn't get started on Mason until 12:00! Poor baby boys. I was SO nervous. Not only for the procedure itself, it's such a scary thought. We were also nervous for with-holding food from them for so  long. I didn't want to see them hungry, they didn't understand. I was SO nervous that the whole night before I layed awake in bed all night, praying and worrying. All the praying really worked because amazingly enough the boys didn't fuss, not ONCE before they were taken into surgery. They took a nap and then whined a little bit but nothing compared to the other kids we saw there kicking and screaming on the floor.
Anyway, the picture above, the boys are in their surgical gear waiting to be called back.
So the circumcision was done, it wasn't nearly as bad as we thought it would be, but we're VERY grateful it's all over with now!