Our blog at the Hospital

Well, it's ten to six and we're back from the Hospital with a tired but healthy little man. The surgery went fine - although they were only able to bring down the left testicle. He now has an appointment for June 1 with two goals: An ultrasound to try to pinpoint the location of the right testicle and a checkup to make sure his left testicle is healthy and working properly.

Ben went into surgery at about 11:30 or so, and we went to the cafeteria to have some lunch and try not to worry too much. (By the way, I'm pretty sure I saw Kinny Lamba - but he seemed to be the center of attention of a bunch of doctors and I didn't want to wander over and interrupt.) The doctor came up at about 1:00 to tell us everything was O.K., and we were able to go see Ben in the recovery room at about 1:30. (He was perfectly happy until we got there, then he started crying. Go figure.) Anyways, only one parent was allowed to stay in there so Carrie got to rock Ben to sleep in her lap. We then moved him up to the normal ward where he slept for about another hour and then woke up - had a bottle of apple juice - and happily walked around pushing his own I.V. pole. (He was the hit of the ward). However, when we tried to change his diaper he FREAKED OUT and peed all over the bed! (It's good that he peed though. That's one of the things he had to do before he was allowed to leave.) We got him all bundled up and headed out - much to the delight of everybody else in the room, we're sure. (He was still freaking out). He was MUCH happier once we got to the car though - he was surrounded by familiar things.

We'll keep you posted as things progress - but everything is looking good so far. Ben is napping now and we're off to have dinner.

Talk to you all later, and thanks for all the good wishes.

Gord and Carrie

p.s. Go Liz Go! I want 10 lbs 4 oz in the pool (if there is one)!