Our HeMan!

Well AG's surgery went well on Wednesday! For that we are very grateful! Tuesday, we headed to Gwinnett to spend the night so we wouldn't have to drive as far on Wednesday morning. AG enjoyed spending time with Aunt Mis and cousin Bernie. Aunt Mis could not believe how much AG had grown since the last time she saw him! Bernie was sad that Samson did not come down to visit and play.

On Wednesday, we arrived at the surgery center a little after 6:30 in the morning. (Fortunately, AG did well considering he hadn't eaten anything since midnight!) AG was the "celebrity rockstar" and his GiGi enjoyed showing him off to her colleagues. (They ended up sticking us in the conference room instead of the waiting room so that people could come meet AG.) AG was only gone for about twenty minutes or so before he was brought to us in the Post-Op room. They were able to laser and give him the injection without any complications. As Andy said they went in and took the -gioma out so that AG would just be a HeMan! We were back in Rome by midmorning. AG spent the rest of the day recovering. Each day he is getting better and his arm is looking much better. We were able to see a difference immediately after surgery. The coloring is changing and each day it is looking smaller. The doctor is hopeful that he won't have to have another treatment. We should know in 2-4 weeks if he will have to. We are optimistic that he won't.

Last night Andy and I gained a new appreciation for our wonderful little man! He is still trying to get back on schedule and last night was the first time (ever!) he stayed awake after his middle of the night feeding. He slept very little yesterday during the day and was exhausted by the time the evening rolled around. We put him down and he slept till 3:45. We got up fed him and gave him his next dose of Tylenol. For whatever reason he just wouldn't let himself go back to sleep. We spent the next two hours trying to put our crying baby back to sleep! Needless to say, Andy and I were not use to this and have a new appreciation to all of you who have dealt with an unhappy baby in the middle of the night!

Thanks to all of the AMAZING staff at Meridian Mark for such a wonderful experience! We are so blessed to have a top pediatric hospital at our fingertips.