such a B R A V E kid

He was so brave. This was his before picture and he even had a smile for me. He is such a sweet boy.

Monday, I took Coleman to his pre-op appointments with the ENT and Anesthesia doctors.

We registered him with the hospital and had his vitals and other last-minute things checked. He was set to go. On the way home, he let me know his tummy hurt because he was so nervous while I was talking to the doctors and nurses.

With his hospitalization from last year still a little too fresh in his memory, just walking in the hospital doors is stressful. He was scheduled to be the second surgery of the morning with his doctor.

We checked in at 6:15 am. After she finished her first surgery, she let us know that an emergency came up and they had to use her room. We were on hold.

They finally took him back at about 10:30. That's a long time to wait for a little guy who couldn't eat or drink and had to deal with a little anxiety.

Luckily, we had a wonderful anesthesiologist who did a great job distracting him to get him in the OR.
He let him know he was going to have to blow a huge balloon up and Coleman better get ready.

Last night, Coleman said, "I never got the silly gas." He remembered blowing in the balloon, but had no idea how he got to sleep. Perfect.

After more than an hour in the OR, the doctor brought us back and let us know everything went well. What a relief. I know it's a small, routine surgery, but as the clock was ticking we felt more and more nervous just wanting to know he was ok and awake.

He was in pain, but calm which was nice to see. They were quick to get pain killers in him and got his pain under control for us to return to the post-surgery room. He drank a little water and took a little nap. We were all set to leave and the IV was the last thing to come out. Jim even headed down to bring up the van to the front door.

While taking it out, he got sick {throwing up} which set us back about another hour but we made it home. The boys were happy to see their brother.

Justin and Ty did a great job holding things down while we were gone ALL day. Caden even got to go along with Justin to basketball practice {which he loved}.

I think we're all so glad it's over. Now, for the popcycles, ice cream, jell-o, pudding and some down time. Coleman asked Dr. Henry before surgery if he could keep his tonsils. She let him know they weren't allowed to do that. But, they did take our camera in to the OR and took pictures for him. Yuck.