My mummy

Well Reef had his ear surgery today. Lots of you have asked if it was tubes, but it was actually the removal of a little skin tag thingy in front of his right ear (the fancy name was "excision of right preauricular cyst). It runs in the family, and both Troy and his dad had one when they were born. Anyway, we were lucky enough to get bumped to the morning, which was great since he couldn't eat before. He threw a big fit when first got into pre-op but settled down when we turned a movie on. He absolutely refused to wear the hospital gown though!

The whole procedure took about an hour, which was longer than we expected. The doctor said it's because there are lots of stitches. Waking up from anesthesia was pretty rough, with lots of screaming and thrashing around but after he was fully awake, he did better. We spent the first part of the afternoon watching TV and eating Jell-o, but after nap time, he was ready to play again. Ms. Gean stayed with Jonas and brought Reef a little doll named Jack who was dressed in a hospital gown. Jack went into the OR with Reef. This afternoon, we made a bed of blocks for Jack, and Reef gave him medicine. He kept laying Jack in his lap and saying, "It's ok, Jack, it's ok." Such a caring boy!

Reef is pretty much back to his old self now, with the addition of a really cool mummy wrap on his head. We're hoping to keep it on through tomorrow but don't know if he'll make it that long! We get our stitches out on Tuesday, which should be an exciting appointment!

Reef wanted to work on his preschool homework this afternoon. I'm sure it's a sign of what a good student he'll be!