Austin's big surgery....what a big boy!

Let me first thank you for all the prayers, emails, phone calls and thoughts for today. Last night did not set us up for a great way to start our day as I ended up putting Austin in the Yukon around 10:00 and driving him around North Salt Lake to get him to go to sleep. He finally drifted off to his girlfriend Taylor Swift. As I tucked him in bed all I could think about was wanting to see his smile when he came out of surgery. We got up at 4:00am and prepared to head to the hospital. We arrived at 6:00am to find one of our local support couples, John and Carla Keller there waiting on us. We got Austin all signed in and off to radiology we went for his CT Scan. He was not wild about that as they strapped him down but we got it done. The CT Showed no signs of any change so Dr.Kestle was ready for surgery. We had a great medical team today that Austin seemed to like as he did not even look back as they took him away from us. Most of you know that is NOT common for Austin who suffers from stranger anxiety.

The surgery lasted no more than 40 minutes and during that time we grabbed a quick breakfast with John and Carla....I needed my caffeine! Dr. Kestle was pleased to report the surgery went as well as it could have. There was no bleeding when he removed the reservoir and he said it all looked great. Austin was in recovery for quite awhile but they finally discharged us around 1:00. He was drinking and eating ok so Dr. Kestle felt fine letting us go home. His head is starting to swell some but he said that is very normal and we should expect even more over the next couple of days. He said if he seems irritable to give him some Tylenol or Motrin but he shouldn't need anything stronger.

Austin has truly amazed us once again as I type he is up playing, walking and talking non-stop. He has taken a couple of short naps but for the most part he has been right back to his normal active self. We are supposed to call Dr. Kestle next week and let him know how Austin is doing and he'll decide then if he needs to see us again.

Natalie and Sean has a cool day at the pool with Jen. Yes, I was jealous. They have such a good time when they get to hang out with Jen and we are so grateful Jen was willing and able to help us out....Thank you Jen.

Colby has been running a temperature the past couple of days but we think it's because he is still trying to cut 2 teeth. Bless his heart his gums are so swollen but they just won't cut through. We are thinking they may be permanent (just kidding). We got a call yesterday from our physical therapist and his braces are in. I informed Lisa that his now walking and she was surprised. She'll still do an assessment and will come up with a plan for his braces. Because they cost almost $900 he will wear them some. Pat said if for nothing else, photos for the blog.

Thanks again for your support.