Surgery at Primary Children's

Alex had surgery yesterday up at Primary Children's Medical Center. Everything went soooooo well! We are so blessed!! Alex was such a tough guy, and so brave! We were in the waiting room, Mike working and me doing homework, and were surprised to see the surgeon come out an hour earlier than expected! I guess when they got in, things weren't as bad as they thought, so it didn't take nearly as long as they were expecting to repair everything.

Alex & Daddy played Nintendo while we were waiting for the nurse to take us back to the OR.

Here's Alex in the exam room, they gave him this "Buddy,"
they both had matching hospital jammies.

Here we are waiting for the Anesthesiologist to take Alex back, Alex was so brave!!

Alex and Buddy were practicing going to sleep for surgery, LOL

The Post-OP nurse said Alex woke up with a smile on his face, took a drink of slushee, curled up in a ball and went back to sleep. She said he was one of the best kids she'd seen (who knows if she says that to everyone, but we like to think not). She also said he was so polite, asking for, "Mommy Please" and saying, "No Thank You," when she asked if he wanted more slushee (these are the moments that make mommies so proud, and happy that all the reminding is sinking in!).

We were finally allowed to go back to recovery and see Alex. He was such a good boy.
He happily watched cartoons, drank his medicine and didn't complain much about hurting. Here's Alex & Daddy in the recovery room, watching Ben 10, see Alex's smile less than an hour after surgery...
he really is an amazing boy!

The boys were so excited when we pulled out the couch bed in the living room. We all spent the night curled up together, watching movies and drinking gatorade!