Oh my, it's been forever since I've posted something. Ugh. Time just gets away from me. Doesn't help when I find lots of "projects" for myself. Well, let's pick up where I left off. First up, Aidan's birthday! Aidan is now officially 4! I have always loved this age. It was my favorite room at the daycare. Kids at this age are so inquisitive and are really starting to put the pieces together mentally. Aidan has always asked a lot of questions but now, his questions are more in depth and detailed. And one question usually leads to another. How does this work, why does it do that, what is it for? I love this! I love the challenge of taking a challenging concept and breaking it down in a way that he'll understand and make sense to him in his frame of reference. He's also more independent now and makes friends quickly. He's still not very interested in sitting down and writing letters or counting for me. It's boring, he says. You have to trick him into doing it or if he shows interest, pounce on the opportunity. He's grown into the sweetest, kind hearted, smart little guy and I can't imagine my life without him.
This year we had his party at the Transportation Museum. This having the party out of the house is totally the way to go! They did everything but the cake. Party favors, snacks, plates and cups, you name it. So much easier and less stressful and the kids had a fabulous time. After the party we took everyone for a train ride. What a great day!
The week after Aidan's birthday was his surgery. Off we went to the children's hospital, after a stop at Walgreens to pick up a new toy to ease our anxieties, where we were checked in. We got matching wristbands and Aidan got cute little scrubs. I wish I had had my camera! After we were briefed on everything, Aidan was given a sedative before we moved to the holding room. They said it would relax him and make the separation easier for him. (Where's mine then is what I was thinking.) They warned us it would make him loopy. Oh boy did it. It was hilarious. I laughed so hard at him, I cried. At one point we were telling jokes when he tried to tell the nurse a knock knock joke. Half way through he stops talking and starts staring off into space. After about 30 seconds he looks back and gets this goofy grin. He was so out of it. From holding they took him to the OR, which he says he remembers as being full of cool stuff. I guess the sedative didn't "block" his memory like it was supposed to. Oh well, he didn't freak out being separated from us. We had pretty well prepared him for most of what went on. The book Franklin Goes to the Hospital was fantastic for helping him understand what it would be like. While he was in surgery we waited. It went pretty quickly and the surgeon popped out to talk to us afterwards. When we were finally able to go see him in recovery, only I was allowed to go back. (Well only 1 parent was allowed and Julien knew better than to protest.) Aidan was still asleep when I got there but when he woke up he was none too happy. He wanted his IV out right then. He didn't want to drink anything. He wanted to go home. It took a bit to calm him down and when we were moved to post-op the IV was removed. There was more fighting about drinking his juice, which he had to do before we could go home but he finally calmed down and drank it so we could go home. For the first few hours at home Aidan needed help getting around due to a caudal they had given him. Think like an epidural but, just a shot in the back that numbs. Once that wore off I gave him some Tylenol 3 to be safe. Now, the doctor had said a day or two recovery and I thought there was no way. But once that Tylenol 3 kicked in he was ready to go outside. The next day he was playing like nothing ever happened. It was incredible. He did get a little sore that week from walking too much but overall his recovery was very fast. The week after surgery we returned for a post-op check where we were told we could remove the surgical bandage and he could take a real bath again. And that was it! All repaired and all better. I wish adults healed that quickly.
Well, that brings us up to the beginning of October. Next time I'll tell you about 2 Iowa trips, a half marathon, another project I've given myself, and Olivia's costume. It's never dull around here
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