A long and emotional day...

Today we had to take Zachary into the Children's Hospital for a day surgery.  It was discovered in January (and confirmed in May) that he had what appeared to be a hernia.  The only way to know for sure is exploratory surgery.  Since that needed to be done in order to know exactly what we were dealing with, they would obviously fix whatever the issue was while they were in there.

So, we went in for 9:00 this morning.  The surgery was scheduled for 11:00.  He was taken about 30 minutes late but all went well.  They called as soon as he was starting to wake and I doubt that he even remembered coming to and us now being there.  Zachary was extremely brave.  He was a trooper up until the nurse came and took him to the OR.  At that point he was terrified (even though we had explained as much to him as possible) and would not let go of Steve.  The nurse had to peel him off of him and when he did, he spotted me.  He reached out and cried for me and that's when the nurse whisked him off.  We then turned and started our way to the waiting room.  Obviously this was extremely difficult on me and Steve.  We were crushed but knew he was in amazing hands.

The surgeon (Dr. Shaw) and his team were amazing.  They were so wonderful with Zachary even though he never made eye contact with any of them.  They explained everything to us and did all they could to make us feel comfortable.  I was so impressed with the hospital.  It is very reassuring to know that we have such an amazing facility at our disposal but hope to never have to use it again.  I am also so happy that we have been donating to them for the last few years.  It's money well spent...

He is now happily sleeping in his bed.  He is so brave and recovering very well.  He was wanting to play golf after getting some food in his system.  I think we're going to have a hard time keeping him calm and resting tomorrow.  I guess it's better than the alternative.