Well here we are about 5 hours post op and Terry is resting. But that was short lived. He had only been in his room for about an hour when I noticed his skin was turning RED....What the heck? so I got his nurse, she told me they gave him a med to dry his secretions during surgery and that it would go away soon. So we settled in for the night. It was pretty quiet as they kept him on Morphine to rest. The next night however was a living hell mainly for Terry but for us too. By this time his tummy had doubled in size and he was developing spider veins, he was very uncomfortable...duh right! Well by morning I had enough of watching my son suffering and the nurses doing nothing about it so I went on a rampage!!!! wouldn't you? I DEMANDED to see the resident or his doctor, I really did not care who but I wanted to see one of them and ASAP! Well the resident came in and looked at Terry, NO, he didn't touch Terry and feel how tight his tummy was, after about 5 minutes he told me he would be fine and that this was normal...NORMAL my foot you see what this jerk did not know was that I am a licensed nurse and I knew better so... I let him walk out the room as my son had visitors and I was not going to make a stink infront of them. So out the door we went and I proceeded to jump down his throat with both my feet. I told him you Will place a nasogastric tube to drain the fluid (that I know he has in his tummy) and that if he wouldn't I was going to do it my self and you better beleive I would have too. So he agreed AFTER...AFTER he called and talked to TERRYS doctor (which told him..If his mom says he needs something you need to listen to her as she knows what she is talking about and she knows her medical stuff!) So they placed the tube and before it was even hooked up to suction 80cc's of fluid was released... can you inagine how much better he felt! It's like pressure building up in a soda can and you finally open it and release the pressure. As a result of the fluid build up he was not allowed to have anything to eat for 5 days. My boy was beyond hunger when they finally said he could eat! I thought he was going to suck the bottle inside out when he was able to eat! So Terry was released from the hospital on December 20,2007... 5 days before christmas. What a wonderful christmas present. But it was difficult for him at home, because of the stitches in his tummy he couldn't lay on his belly, because of the stitches in his hinney he could not sit on his butt for more that 20 minutes at a time, because if he did he could over stretch his new "booty" so we didn't go any where and if we did we didn't stay out for long because it wouldn't be fair to him.