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!