Successfuly surgery....

Well, surgery went well and Austin was a real trooper. They had no problems removing the cyst and he has just one stitch and a few sterry strips to hold his skin together, so not too bad. The nurse said he went right to sleep before surgery with no problems and wasn't scared at all before. The surgery lasted about an hour and he was definately a little shaken up coming out of anesthesia. They said he had a pretty hard time in recovery, crying most of the time, but he didn't ever get sick so that was good. So far he been able to just get through the pain with a little tylenol, and he maybe doesn't even need that today, but we are going to give it to him one more day so he's not in too much pain, its hard when they can't tell you if it hurts or not. He was pretty groggy and his little eyes were very droopy all day yesterday, and he woke up wimpering a little in the night, but so far today he has been almost back to normal so thats good. I am just glad to have the surgery over, and everything was a success!!!

Left eye is still a little swollen

playing with my ball today

such a big boy

photo op with Nina (my mom)

cute pic:):)

up close day after surgery

another close up shot, yes his shirt is messy,

we were giving him a little ice cream for his throat:):)

day before surgery

before surgery

Surgery...

Well, they day has finally come. Austin has surgery tomorrow to remove his dermoid cyst above his left eye. I know its not an invasive surgery, but knowing that they are going to put him under is terrifying!!! I am sure that everything will go fine and they probably have done it a million times, but the thought of them putting him to sleep still scares me to death....Can you tell I am not looking forward to it?!?!? He has surgery scheduled for 9 am, so we have to be to the hospital at 7. Probably the hardest part pre-anesthesia is going to be keeping him from eating!! He can't eat anything past 3am, and if you cant tell by the size of him, this boy likes to eat!! So, I guess we will be waking him up around 2:30 and giving him a midnight snack to hopefully tide him over until after surgery. It is a same day procedure so we should be home by late afternoon if everything goes as planned. So I will try and post tomorrow night how he is doing and of course how we are doing too:):) Im sure Matt and I will be doing a lot better tomorrow after it is all done!!