Sorry for Late Update

Robbie got done with surgery around 4ish yesterday. He woke from the anesthesia very disoriented and angry. The nurses ended up giving him something to knock him back out and sleep in hopes he would wake up a little better. Tom and I didn't care much about letting him sleep and waiting to leave since the traffic back to Huntington Beach would of been at rush hour.

Dr Reinisch said everything looked good and he didn't see any hair in the canal but there was lots of dead skin. Our hopes on that would be perhaps the hair was on the skin he removed and replaced. They shaved Robbie's whole head and the new membrane that he lifted and moved forward went good he said. I was surprised when we saw pictures and I seen how big the stitch line was on the head. It pretty much went from the bottom of the right side of the head all the way to the top of the head. We also got to see pics of the new ear which of course looked great. Robbie has 2 drain tubes (1 for ear, and 1 for membrane area) and 1 pain pump tube in the tummy. The pain tube is in a Sponge Bob bag and gives meds on a time system so we don't worry about it. Reinisch used a black Nike mesh cap to cover the cup and strapped the cup around the ear this time with some stitches to hold it in place. There is drainage coming from the bottom of the cup and is making quite the mess.

Last night Robbie ran a low grade temp all night and cried and moaned every half hour. He is complaining a lot of pain so we are using the pain meds and he refuses to walk anywhere and has his chauffeur (daddy) carry him where he needs to go which is pretty much to the potty or bed/couch in front of the tv. His face was really swollen and seems to be going down today. I fed him oatmeal, dry cereal, choc milk, and water and he is now crashed again. Tomorrow will be a journey back to Reinischs office to get all tubes removed. Its an appointment no one is looking forward to.