Surgery!

Despite doubting that Max would actually get to have this surgery today because he's had a cold, he was healthy enough to proceed. He is being worked on as I type this, with a possible end time in about 3 hours.

I picked up Carolyn from the airport last night - SO great to see her. Because Max wasn't supposed to eat anything after 5AM this morning, I woke him up at 4 and we ate a little waffle, drank some juice, etc. Then we went back to bed. He slept until about 8:00, which was so great! Then we putzed around at home (he took another nap at 10:30), and we were off to the hospital at 11:15.

When we got here, we checked into the surgical unit, where we met with his team, including the anesthesiologist, who cleared him for surgery. Everyone is so nice here and super helpful.

We just got a page from the Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon who put ear tubes into Max's ears. Everything went fine - he had a lot of fluid in his ears, she said so he should be able to hear better now. Hmmmm.... didn't think he wasn't hearing well. :)

So now we are waiting for a progress report from Dr. Birkfeld. He said his part should take about 3 hours, so, in addition to an MRI he's getting, Max should be in recovery by about 7:00.

We are spending one, maybe two nights in the hospital, depending on how fast Max can eat food. We'll see.