Our Brave Little Boy

Ian is fine!!! The surgery went well and he's been great all day.

He was a little freaked out when we went back to the pre-op area. He knew something was up. He cried a little and just acted a bit uncomfortable. They gave him is "cocktail" around 7:10am and Dr. Vaidya dropped by just to say hi and answer any last minute questions. Between 7:15 and 7:20 the nurses came to get him. He had settled down and let the nurse take him from me without crying or hesitating at all. He didn't cry when they were walking away with him...good drugs :) He did have this puzzled look like "aren't you coming?" on his little face. We walked out to the waiting area. The TV was on and who happened to be on? Our pastor, Deron Spoo, with his morning First For the Future moments. It was a God thing, I just know it. That was a comforting moment for me. About 7:30 they came out and told us that Dr. Vaidya was ready to talk to us. I could not believe it. It had only been a few minutes.

The surgery went well. Both ears were still infected even after another round of antibiotics. He said that Ian would be waking up any moment and they'd let us go back. We walked back out to the waiting area and literally sat down and then they called our names. They were ready for us in recovery. Dr. Vaidya had warned us that would probably be wild when he was waking up. He said it was normal. He was right. Ian just cried and cried and cried. They gave him a little Tylenol and that seemed to help, but he still just didn't know why he was feeling the way he was. He finally settled down somewhat (after part of a popsicle). He was fine once we got in the car and started home. We were home just shortly after 8:30am. I couldn't believe it.

Ian took about a 2 hour nap this morning. When he woke up, he was Mommy's happy boy. He played a little and then we ate some lunch. After that Charlie came home for lunch and he played with Daddy for a little bit. He took a couple of short naps this afternoon, but for the most part he's acted like nothing happened. He did rub his little ears a couple of times this evening and it was time for his Tylenol, so after we gave him that he acted fine. He's sleeping now and we hope he has a good night. I'm home with him again tomorrow and we're hoping for a good day. If he's up to it (which I'm sure he will be) we may venture out and run a couple of errands.

Ian is an amazing little guy. He takes everything in stride. We were so proud of our brave little guy today.

We could feel the love and prayers of our friends and family around us this morning. God is a loving and faithful God.