Surgery and general anesthesia on my 11 week old preemie 😥

My youngest son, Bently, was born via emergency csection 7 weeks early due to pprom and him being breech. He weighed 4lb 1oz at birth and spent 22 days in the nicu. He currently weighs just over 11lbs (nearly triple his birth weight!) And has grown to 22" from 16.25" at birth. At his 2 month check up, his pediatrician noticed a hernia in his groin. It hadn't been causing him pain and it wasn't super visible so I never noticed it until she brought it to my attention. She referred him to a pediatric surgeon at THE best children's hospital here in Michigan. At that appointment, we discovered that he needed surgery in order to repair them, and that he actually had 2 inguinal hernias instead of just one. The Dr explained that these are fairly common in preemie boys due to inguinal canals (where their testes drop from) remaining open at birth. He is exactly 11 weeks old today and had surgery yesterday morning to repair the hernias and stitch the canals shut. It was pretty scary for me that my little baby was going to be put under with general anesthesia as well as getting a nerve blocker similar to an epidural in his spine, as well as having a breathing tube for the duration of the surgery. It took about an hour and a half from the time I kissed him as they wheeled him to the OR to the time the doctor came out n informed us he was out of surgery, it went very well and Bently was now in recovery. We had to wait another 20 minutes or so after that for him to wake up from the anesthesia before we were able to go be with him in the recovery room. We were moved to a room the surgical inpatient floor shortly after that. Normally the surgery is an outpatient procedure but since he had 2 hernias and was a preemie, we had to stay the night so his vital signs could be monitored overnight and so he could receive IV fluids to rehydrate him from the fasting he had to do prior to surgery. His scars are in the same place as and look pretty similar to my csection scar and they used dissolving sutures on the inside and a waterproof glue like adhesive on the top of the incision to keep it clean and dry. He was starving by the time we finally got up to our room around 130pm as he hadn't been able to eat since 350 that morning. He was able to have a bottle of pedialyte before 750am but still, it had been quite a while since he last ate and eating is his favorite thing to do :). He ate his normal amount without puking it back up. He ended up eating almost double what he normally eats from 130pm until midnight then finally slept for 3hrs before wanting another bottle. He was filling up diapers left and right as well so there was no concern with intake or output. The main reason they monitor preemies overnight is to watch for brady episodes, which is when they stop breathing briefly, like with sleep apnea. Although he did spend some time in the nicu, he never had any issues with his breathing so I knew once we got over the hurdle of surgery, that we would be in the clear. He wasn't quite himself last night, he was understandably whiny and tired. He was given Tylenol around the clock and didn't seem to be in much pain. This morning he was back to his normal squealing, chatting, smiling happy self. :) We had no issues overnight with any vitals and he had zero apnea spells so we were discharged first thing this morning. I was so grateful to be able to room in with him this time as I wasn't able to during his nicu stay. I'm even more grateful to be home with both my babies and my hubby. Hopefully we won't have any issues with infection in the coming days. It will be nice to be able to just relax with our new little family member for a while without the stress and anxiety of impending procedures or hospital stays!