i came out blogging: no april fools here, this was the real deal

this morning we took talan in for his long awaited surgeries. he finally had tubes put in his ears and he had the cyst removed that was on his nose close to his eye.
we had to be to the hospital at 6:30am and the surgery was to start at 7:30. mom game over bright and early to see hayden off to school and we took off around 6:15.
talan only asked for milk a couple of times on the way to the hospital and a few times while we were in the waiting room. i figured he'd be screaming for it, but he did great.
they called us in, put us in the prep area and got him all ready for surgery. both of the doctors came by and talked to us for a few minutes and then a nurse carried a screaming talan away from us.
i was most afraid of the anesthesiologist listening to him and telling us he was wheezing too much and that they wouldn't be able to do the surgeries on him. but even though he's been rattling and coughing away for weeks now, the dr. listened and said he didn't hear any wheezing. so that was a great relief!
at just about 8am dr. stone, the ear dr., came out and told us the tubes were in and he did great during that procedure. he explained everything we needed to know and told us to set up an appointment to see him in a week or two.
then just before 9am dr. forte, the plastic surgeon, came out and told us his part of the surgery was done and he was headed to recovery. he explained that there were no surprises with the cyst and that it all went well. they did send the cyst to pathology just to be safe. he let us know the stitches would fall out on their own and that he wants to see him in the office next tuesday. he told us his eye is swollen a bit and could swell all the way shut and turn black and blue.
we went back to the recovery room where a nurse was trying to hold a screaming, flailing, talan down. i took him and tried to calm him down but he was pretty out of it. after a bit he eventually calmed down and fell asleep. from there he kept waking up every several minutes and would start crying and wiggling around again but would eventually calm back down.
they offered him crushed ice, apple juice with a straw and a popsicle but he wanted none of it. we sat in recovery with him from about 9am until about 10:45 and then we were able to head home. at that point he was pretty happy to get out of that place!
he was a little out of it when we got home but not too long after, he was asking to eat and was watching movies and playing like normal. by the time nap time rolled around he didn't even really seem very tired. he did go down right away, however, and slept several hours.
he woke up and was in a great mood and still is. he's sitting behind me playing with his magnet letters and numbers right now. his eye is more swollen and red but he hasn't even tried to touch it so far and hasn't ever acted like it, or his ears, are causing him any pain.
so the surgeries went well and he didn't even come home with a pig nose and elf ears like i thought he would seeing as though it's april fools day! just a little punch in the eye, i guess!
here's some pictures from our day. if it gets any worse, you know i'll be there with the camera!

getting dressed for surgery. he did not want us to put this on him: