He began to explore though, and curiosity got the better of him. He had great fun hiding behind the curtain, and flirting with the doctors and nurses on the other side of the glass. After the anesthesiologist came in to see him, George said, "Bye doctor!"
The little outfit they gave him to wear was very funny. The gown was tiny, as you can see, and the socks were huge! It seemed as if they had gowns for infants and socks for teenagers, and nothing in between. But he looked awfully cute.
His Teddy also got a bracelet so he could take it with him into surgery. Whenever he tried to pull off his bracelet, we just told him he had to leave it on and that Teddy was leaving his on. He was pretty fascinated by that...
The surgery went well. His left ear was very full of fluid, so it'll be interesting to see if this makes a difference with his enunciation. I think things have been muffled for him for a while. As soon as the doctor told us he was fine, Chris left to head to work. We were then surprised how quickly we were buzzed back to recovery...not more than 5 minutes later. George woke up calling for momma, and the nice nurse who carried him back to us said he'd counted 41 times that George had said, "Momma." I got him settled into my arms and we cuddled and I nursed him. He was so groggy, but hungry. When we finished nursing he looked around and started calling for Daddy. He got a bit teary eyed when he realized Daddy wasn't there. Perhaps it was because Daddy had been there when they took George away, he was sad to find him not there when he returned. It was very sweet. He started to get pretty fussy as I got him dressed. But when he got into the car with Mommy and Grandma, he seemed to settle.
Once we got home, we snuggled in the big armchair and read books together for a couple hours. He played a bit, but was still pretty wobbly on his feet, so I had to stick very close. Then he had lunch (his favorite scrambled eggs with spinach and goat cheese, with apple slices on the side), and went straight down for a nap. He's been asleep now for 1.5 hours, and I expect he'll sleep a bit longer still.
