My Brave Boy

AJ's surgery went great! We got to St. Joseph hospital at 5:15 am and they immediately took us back to a pre-op room. Aaron got to sit in a hospital crib and play with lots of toys while we met the anesthesiologist. We changed him into his hospital gown and the nurse took his temperature and put his id tags on his ankle. He was so happy and being so good and I felt so bad that he had no clue what was about to happen to him. At 5:50 am, the OR nurse came and we said goodbye to him and she wisked him away. Poor guy, we could hear him screaming all the way down the hall. Not even ten minutes went by and a nurse came and got us from the waiting room. We got to Aaron just as he was waking up. Yikes! He was screaming and trying to climb out of this basinet thing that they had him in. Scott grabbed him and we went into this little room where they had rocking chairs and a tv. We just held Aaron and let him scream till he finally opened his eyes and realized that he was with mom and dad and that he was fine. One of the nurses gave him some graham crackers and a teddy bear. Dr. Camilon said that Aaron's ears had tons of fluid in them and that the fluid was very thick and that he should start saying lots of words soon. Aaron fell asleep on the way home and since he woke up he has been his usual sweet happy self. You'd never know that he'd had surgery 12 hours ago!

Update

I want to let everyone know that I had my checkup today with my oncologist. My PET scan results showed my body is clear of cancer. HOORAY!! My awful year of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation paid off. Thank you for all of your prayers and support. I am definitely going to have a much better Christmas this year than I did last year. We found out last week that Aaron will be having tubes placed in his ears. Aaron has had fluid behind his ear drums for about 6 months straight now because that area is kinked and cannot drain the fluid. Scott had this same problem when he was Aaron's age, so I guess it is genetic. The poor guy has been sick so much during his little 16 month old life, so we are hoping that this will solve a lot of his problems and stop the ear aches. The ENT specialist told me that Aaron will start sleeping better at night and he will start talking because he will finally be able to hear what we are saying. So while you are all sleeping soundly in your beds at 4:30am on Friday, I will be on my way to the hospital to have my sweet little boy put under for a surgery that takes 3 whole minutes. The same day that we found out about Aaron's ear surgery, we found out that Hannah has 8 cavities and needs 2 root canals and 2 caps. Will this family ever be healthy?!? So in 2 weeks, Hannah will be also be put under so that the pediatric dentist can do all he needs to do in one visit. I'll let you know how everything goes.

Last weekend Hannah and I and some of the other girls in my family went to Hollywood and saw the movie Enchanted at the El Capitan Theater. We got to listen to an organist play all our favorite Disney princess tunes and then we watched the movie. After the movie we got to go next door and participate in all kinds of fun "princess" activites. Every single Disney princess was present and we got to take pictures with all of them, including Princess Giselle from the movie.

Hannah getting her makeup done like a princess. We had a lot of fun that day. Thank you Opa for getting the tickets for everyone!

For family home evening a few weeks ago, we made a gingerbread house. Hannah pretty much did the whole thing by herself. Sadly, this past Saturday, I went to go get something from my bedroom and when I came back, Aaron was on top of the dinning room table. He had demolished the house and was eating the roof.

Asking For Prayers...

Early tomorrow morning I am having a PET/CT scan to see if my cancer has come back and/or if it has spread to any other parts of my body. I probably won't get the results of the scan until I see my oncologist on Dec. 18th, but I will let you all know once I get the results. I am just asking for eveyone's prayers and good thoughts that the results will show that I am finally cancer free. I hope that you are all having a wonderful holiday season.