Another Day, Another Surgery

We ended up back at the OR today, this time for Ethan.  After being there just 2 weeks ago the staff remembered us.  Ethan needed to have a skin lesion removed from his arm so it can be tested to make sure it is benign.  The surgery was pretty simple and went really well.
They were so good with Ethan, they let him bring Brown Dog and even put a hospital ID bracelet on him.

Ethan thrives on all of that one one one attention from nurses and doctors...he loved to tell everyone our life story and make friends with anyone who would talk to him.  The nurse told him that when he got taken back to the OR the doctor pushing his bed would give him a "fast ride."  He said, "I'm pretty used to fast.  I'm the fastest in my family, even faster than my mom and she is the OLDEST in my family."  Thank you Ethan.

He was so excited for his "fast ride," when they started to push him back to the OR he squealed with glee (a little different from my surgery experience 2 weeks ago).

He had many important decision to make today, first which flavor of Chapstik to put in the mask, after much deliberation he decided that he would use all of the flavors.  Then he had to decide between a dog or a prairie dog stuffed animal...after much thought he went for the dog because it was softer.  It is now named Gray-Brown Dog and is a new best friend.  Clark says that Ethan is nothing if not logical.

He came out of the anesthesia really well and is doing great!  After being awake for a few minutes, he looked right at Clark and said, "hi mommy, hi mommy, hi mommy."

The challenge is keeping him down, I needed a nap after all of this, but Ethan, no...he needed to put on a dragon costume and rip around the house.  Hoping that when we hear back it is benign and we're just done with hospitals and surgeries for awhile.