Our little Trooper

Tears for food started off Jake's morning yesterday. Poor thing could not have food or drink after midnight until after his surgery. He went on to school to keep his mind off of the upcoming event in his life. Jason and I went to pick him up and he had taken his first spelling test. He was beaming that he had made a 102! We were so excited. Jason, Jake, and I drove to Mother Frances Hospital. We checked in and everything moved pretty quick after that.

They had to mark the spot where surgery would be performed. The knot you see is VERY small compared to what it was a week ago.

Jake did so well until about 11:30. This boy was hungry! I bet he said so over 100 times while waiting to go back. Here, he did not get upset about the actual surgery and what was about to happen. He through a HUGE FIT about having to take off his shirt and wear a gown. Jake is extremely modest. Finally, the nurse told us he could just wait until he was on the goofy medicine. Thank you!!!!

So, I gave him the syringe full of medicine and within a few minutes he was relaxing.

They took him back quickly after that. It was so hard seeing our baby roll away. The night before a nightmare kept haunting me...they would roll Jake away, but NEVER bring him back.

Dr. L came out and spoke to us about all the details after only 40 or so minutes. God is good ALL THE TIME!! We had prayed the infection would subside so the surgery would be successful. Well, God answered those prayers even more than we expected. Originally Jake was going to have the cyst and part of a bone removed. God shrunk the cyst so small that Dr. L could not find the tract that lead around the bone. So, he removed the cyst and the scar tissue. Dr. L said it is a smaller incision than what it would have been. Woo hoo!

Jake decided he liked sleeping with the oxygen mask and slept 40 minutes after surgery. He woke up with no screams or major side effects. He just wanted to know when he could take off the mask. The nurse was very pleased.

Most children wake up screaming.

After recovery we went up to the children's floor. After, he drank a 7 UP and went to the restroom we were ready to leave. Jake was SO HUNGRY! We waited 2 hours to be dismissed. It was about 5pm when we got that little trooper some food. He did so well and we are very proud of him. He is acting great and still has had NO pain medicine. The doctor told us Jake could go to our family reunion this weekend as long as he did not run and jump around. We are really excited because him and Jason were going to have to stay at home all weekend.