Edison had his frenotomy today. (A frenotomy is where they cut the piece of tissue that connects too much of the bottom of your mouth to your tongue, which restricts movement of your tongue.) It went OK in the grand scheme of things. We were at the office for 2 hours even though the actual procedure took only 10 minutes.
They quadruple swaddled him, put his face under a bright light, and snipped. I think Edison was more upset at being immobile and having someone's fingers in his mouth than the actual snipping. It was the most upset he's ever been, as evidenced by the broken blood vessels he popped around his eyes and on his forehead due to straining so hard.
Momma whisked him outside as soon as it was done, and he calmed down pretty quickly. He even managed to smile at me when I came out and saw him. He took a nap after eating when he got home, and is sleeping now for the night. He's been a little fussy, but still ate 5 helpings of salmon, 3 helpings of bread and 5.5 oz of breastmilk before bed, all with sore tongue. He is impressive.
The doc said she expected no future issues, the bleeding wasn't bad and she said there were no major capillaries cut, so hopefully all will be healed up soon.
Momma made it through OK too, I think she was not far behind Edison on the trauma scale. She only had two helpings of salmon though, and we'll see how well she sleeps.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Edison's Frenotomy
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