Brody's Surgery II

(from last night)
For all of you who know about our big, traumatic day, just thought I would give an update. For those who may not know already... Brody tripped while playing his wooden flute/recorder thing (he told us on the way home he was actually trying to scare some birds away and that is why he was running) and the flute tore the roof of his mouth. It actually went through some muscle and tissue (it was hanging down, very gory). I called Shayne at work and 911 (to see which ER was closest). They eneded up sending medics just to check him out while I was waiting for Shayne. Once we got Brody to cooperate and show the inside of his mouth they could see that it was bad and he needed to go to the ER. Shayne & Brody went to Children's Hospital ER via an ambulance (while our neighbors gathered around to check out what was going on) around 10:15 this morning. I arrived at the hospital at 3, thanks to Tiff watching the boys and the Monahans being extremely understanding and picking up the kids right after lunch. Brody was supposed to have surgery around 3:30 but we ended up waiting around till about 6:30. The nice thing about going via ambulance was that they did not have to sit in the waiting room forever, but they did have to sit and wait forever once he was admitted. Anyway, he fell asleep around 5:30 so he was still pretty sleepy when he went in for surgery. Surgery went well (basically just put the tissues back in place and stitched it up )and we were able to see him around 7:30. He was groggy but in good spirits. He drank almost immediately and ate a ton when they brought food. By 8:15 he had eaten applesauce, chocolate pudding, yogurt, spageddios, jello, mac & cheese & chicken & stars soup. Amazing. He didn't want the IV taken out, in fact he told the nurse that he wanted to take that home with him. Silly kid. We arrived home around 10:15. Thank you to tiff & grandma & grandpa for watching Bray and Siena. As long as today was for us, it will be even longer for gma & gpa Pooh who will not be arriving home before 1 AM. Thank you!!