And they begin...

We got here about 6:10 this morning.  They checked Mason in, gave him his bracelet with a tractor on it, then took us back to PACU.  (Hey nurses, what does that stand for?  __ __ Care Unit?)

We ran through all the questions and they gave Mason versaid.  It makes him forget everything and get nice and sleepy.  They checked vitals, ran through a gazillion questions, and then rolled him off around 7:50 am. 

At 8:00, I ran into Dr. Schneider at the vending machine.  He removed the foreign object from Mason's ear that appeared to be an old piece of wax.  Did we tell you this was also being accomplished today? :)  Mason has had a weird foreign object in his ear for about 2 years, and we wanted to get it taken out while he was under anesthesia. It took the doc 2 minutes.  It did cause a tad bit of bleeding when he pulled it out, so Mason will have to have ear drops for the next 5 days but that's it. A nasty chunk of ear wax. Good thing Mason isn't easily embarrassed.

It's funny about the ears, actually, because as we were checking Mason into the hospital, I pulled a tick out of his left ear (the wax was in the right ear).  I'm so glad I saw that or that would have been a weird shock for the doctors!!

After I ran into Dr. Schneider, I ran into Dr. Gonugunta, who was grabbing a snack from the vending machine.  He said "I obviously haven't started yet. "  LOL!  He's the one placing the pump and catheter. I'm glad he's going to make sure he's well nourished...I wouldn't want a rumbling stomach affecting his performance in there. :)

So they should be starting the pump placement shortly.  They say it takes about 2 hours...