Micah's surgery to have ear tubes put in and his adenoids out was successful and he is recovering well. He was so good through the whole waiting period at the hospital and the new setting (I'm sure it helped that we were just there a few weeks ago with Jacob for his ear tubes). As we were in the staging area, he colored in his coloring book and we talked to the little girl and her mom who were waiting with us. He didn't even shed a tear! Although he had a rough time coming out of the anesthesia and we had to stay at the outpatient hospital an extra hour, he did fine after some anti-nausea medication. He just kept saying he wanted to go home. We thought he'd be really tired and sleep all afternoon, but after a nap in the car on the way home, he wasn't. Instead, we have been making efforts to keep him occupied with "quieter" activities since he's supposed to limit things for the next week. He enjoyed playing with his gifts from both grandparents and some from a friend from work. He still has had some soreness in his throat although he can eat normal foods, and had a fever on and off all weekend. We sent him to school this morning after some Tylenol for the low-grade fever. I called the on-call ENT doc on Sunday just to check and he assured us that this is all normal as the site scabs over in his palate, and it should resolve in a day or two. We made it through last night without him waking, so that was a good thing. Dan plans to pick him up early today so he can have extra time to recover at home. Plus, I feel bad having him at school all day when he can't participate in recess! All in all, he's been pretty normal except for some afternoon and early morning malaise.
Every year we go to Manchester Pumpkin Day, a little small-town festival with games/prizes for the kids, a country band, pony rides and a pumpkin patch. Although it was pretty cold, we bundled up and went on Saturday for about a half hour. Micah chose our pumpkin and played a few games before we decided to head home and warm up. We finally had to turn the heat on at the house, although you can see from the pictures that things are still pretty green around here. Micah was a little subdued, but he really wanted to go. We spent the rest of the day watching movies, Skyping with the grandparents and playing around the house.
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