surgery recap

James is doing great.  He's playing at my feet just as happy as can be.  Here's what happened yesterday:

Matt and I got up at 4 and were in the car out the gate by 4:30.  My dad met us at the surgical center and we all went in at 6am.  Matt, James, and I went back to pre-op about 6:30 and I handed him to the nurse at 7:30 to go to the OR.  We were scheduled for 7, but the doc was a little late.  Our pastor sat with Matt in the post op room while I waited in the waiting room with my dad, sis, and later grandparents.  At 10 I was called back to the post op room to talk to the surgeon.  They brought James out a few minutes later.  He was awake, but sleepy and obviously uncomfortable. Once the nurse gave him more pain meds, he was ready to get up and move around.  I expected him to be very out of it and not do very much at first, but he wanted to play.  We left the surgical center at about 11:30.  All of our visitors [BLEH...a daddy long legs just crawled onto my keyboard,  YUCK!!!]  had left by then.  James slept all the way home and dad met us there before he went home.  The doc gave us 3 prescriptions for James and I was worried about how much it would be, but all 3 cost less than $15!!  Some friends brought us supper (thanks guys, it was great!).  James had a great night.  Matt got up a couple times to give him pain meds and then I got up with him this morning. 

We're out on the porch right now.  He's playing with daddy's boots and the dogs.  You'd never know anything had happened.  Well, until you look at the size of his diaper.  He has a HUGE dressing on it that we will go back to get removed on Tuesday.  And he has a catheter that will stay in until Monday the 11th.  And he has a nice little bruise on his hand from the IV.  Oops, Daddy scared the boy coming by on the lawn mower.  I think it's time to go in.  more later.