Last week we followed up with an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor at Primary Children's Medical Center regarding Ty's nose. I almost didn't go. He never complained about his nose, the swelling was almost gone etc. The night before his appointment I was looking at his nose and noticed a hard bump on one side. So to be cautious we decided to take him in. Sure enough he needed to be seen. The actual bone in his nose had been fractured (broken) and was starting to set off to the side. Crazy!! How does that not hurt??? How can he have never complained about that??
Apparently when Luke "broke" his nose when he was little he just separated the cartilage from the bone or something like that. But not Ty, he really broke his nose!!
Then it was time for me to get over some shocks....1. It was truly broken and required fixing 2. Fixing meant general anesthesia and an O.R. visit at Primary Children's Medical Center 3. Needed to be TODAY! ASAP!
We quickly made arrangements for Lily and Luke and Jake rushed home to head back with us to the hospital. The procedure was quick and Ty was such a trooper. He came out of the anesthesia great. Nothing slows him down.
We had our 1 week post-op check yesterday. Looks like it was a success and he is healing nicely. Now that it is fixed I realize what his "real" nose looks like and what I thought was just swelling, was a totally messed up nose. My poor guy.
Cross your fingers...no more broken bones for us....I hope.
Apparently when Luke "broke" his nose when he was little he just separated the cartilage from the bone or something like that. But not Ty, he really broke his nose!!
Then it was time for me to get over some shocks....1. It was truly broken and required fixing 2. Fixing meant general anesthesia and an O.R. visit at Primary Children's Medical Center 3. Needed to be TODAY! ASAP!
We quickly made arrangements for Lily and Luke and Jake rushed home to head back with us to the hospital. The procedure was quick and Ty was such a trooper. He came out of the anesthesia great. Nothing slows him down.
We had our 1 week post-op check yesterday. Looks like it was a success and he is healing nicely. Now that it is fixed I realize what his "real" nose looks like and what I thought was just swelling, was a totally messed up nose. My poor guy.
Cross your fingers...no more broken bones for us....I hope.
The picture above is two weeks post original break. The bruising has been quite impressive.
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