Trooper

Last Monday (Aug 11), Graham had surgery to remove his adnoids, tonsils, and to get tubes put in his ears. I was a little nervous because they had to put him "under", and I get nervous when they have to do that to me...

He did so good while we were waiting in pre-op. He pushed Tommy around in a wheel chair to pass the time. And the nurses were awesome!

They allowed one of us to go in to the surgery room, to comfort him until he was out. Initially, I wanted to go, but being the "Daddy's Boy" that he is, he wanted Tommy to go with him. However, after Tommy told me how it went, I was glad it was him and not me. I guess as soon as they rolled him into the room he could tell something wasn't right and got a really big pouty face (he didn't cry though), then they put him under via gas mask. Graham wasn't having it! Tommy had to hold his head so they could do it. The surgery was about an hour, and they came to get us promptly. We stayed in recovery for two hours and then we were allowed to go home.

Before surgery, in his cute little hospital gown... and of course his blankie

(sorry the pics are not great, they are from my phone)

Tommy holding him in recovery... When we walked in and I saw the nurse holding Graham, I almost started to cry. It was hard seeing him like that. The nurses said he was doing a really great job. He slept almost the entire two hours we were in recovery.

When we got home we found a Get Well gift from the Griffiths. Noah gave him a Thomas the Engine blanket and he LOVED it (needless to say, now he carries both blankies around with him!). Grandma and Grandpa Easton came over later that night and brought some Get Well reinforcements as well... graham crackers (which he couldn't eat right away, but he wanted to), a Stewart Little movie, and Graham's favorite movie at the moment; Charlotte's Web (not the cartoon verson either). That really cheered him up a lot!

He didn't eat/drink very much that first day... of course the only thing that didn't hurt was ice cream, so he did get a couple bowls of that!

By day three, he was up and walking around, wanting to play. The doctor said he needs to lay pretty low for 14 days... we are on day 11 and he wants to get out SO bad. I did go and work out at the rec center on Monday, so he was in the child care and he seemed to be okay... but now he has what seems to be a cold. I am not sure if it is from the after surgery shock to his immune system or if it was the child care... we won't be going back for a while, just in case.

We appreciate all the calls to check up on Graham following his surgery, we are so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends!