We Survived!!

Drew had his frenulmectomy (sp) (tongue clipped) yesterday morning and we all survived. However, when Chris and I woke up at 5:30 in the morning I don't think either one of us felt as if we were going to make it through it. Both of us had stomach aches and major anxiety going on. Lucky for us the procedure was at 7:15 in the morning and our arrival time at the Surgery Center was 6:15, so we didn't have to be anxious all day. With Curious George in hand we headed to the Surgery Center got checked in and registered and then waited until they called us back. I am still not sure why we had to be there an hour early. When they did call us back is when I almost hit the bathroom to empty my stomach, however, I did hang through. For all of you that know me, you are well aware of my weak stomach. They took us to a pre-op room brought Drew some peach pajamas, not something Chris was found of :) and then tried to take his vitals. We had three nurses visit us while in pre-op all commenting how cute Drew was, of course, and then two anesthesiologist. We (Chris and I) were both doing pretty well until the anesthetic doctors came in. When they talked about gassing Drew up is when my tears started and I was thinking please let this be ok! I did pull myself together and made it through their talk. After they left Dr. Collins came in and told us more about what was going to happen and then the surgical nurse came in and took Drew away. Amazingly, Drew didn't cry when he left, however, we found out later when he was in the operating room he started to cry. They said this was good, because he took two deep breaths of the gas and was out. After they took Drew, we went to the waiting room with Curious George in hand and settled ourselves in. In about 10 minutes they called us back and the doctor said it went well and Drew was just fine!! Twenty minutes later they called us back to recovery because Drew was waking up and he looked great!

When we went back to the waiting room to get Drew's coat a lady looked at us and said "Now the Curious George makes sense!" She had been watching Chris and I earlier in the waiting room and couldn't figure out why we were carrying a Curious George stuffed animal. We all had a good laugh and as we were heading out to the car, Chris said "I am glad it was you who carried George and not me!"

Drew was pretty groggy for the morning, but did manage to it eat a Popsicle and click his tongue for a good part of the morning. He had a pretty typical day for the rest of the day and if you didn't know it you wouldn't have guessed he had anything done. He was happy all day. Played hard and just kept walking around. He is still doing great today.