Surgery!!!

Neither of these pictures have to do with surgery, but they are the only ones I had to load on blogger right now. One is obviously a family picture and the other is of Micah on his first day of school.
Well, back to the topic at hand. We arrived at CHOA - Scottish Rite this morning about 7 AM. That means we left home about 5 AM. We tried to wake Micah up before we left home because he could have clear liquids until 5:15, but he would have none of it! So, we bucked him in the carseat and left for the hospital. They ask you to be here 2 hours before surgery time, for what I'm not sure. We checked in, payed our co-pay and waited in the waiting room for about 1 hour. Then we went back to the day surgery pre -op area. We were in an area just big enough for a stretcher and 2 chairs for about 30 minutes before we found out there was a play area. For those of you who know Micah's energy level you know how difficult that was! All of the doctors came by one by one to talk with us and then about 9:30 they came and gave him a dose of "happy medicine". That made him really "drunk" . He was very funny watching "Little Einsteins" on my ipod. He would giggle every now and then and his eyes would roll back in his head. They took him back to surgery about 10 AM. The first doctor up was the ENT who put tubes in his ears. That went well and took only about 5 minutes. Next up was the dentist. He removed two of Micah's baby teeth that were behind his front teeth. He also did some fillings on a couple of his teeth. Finally, the plastic surgeon went in and closed his palate and did some work on his lip and nose. He was in recovery about and hour . During that time they let us go to his room and wait for him. They brought him back to us about 1 PM. He was quite upset, but calmed down after Bryan took him. He has been quite pitiful all afternoon. Because of the swelling it is hard to tell how he looks. He gets upset easily, which is not normal for Micah. He is asleep again now - in daddy's arms... So far he has eaten about half of 2 popsicles. He is quite uninterested in everything ...We hope that he can go home tomorrow...