For those of you that have spent some time with Jack, you are probably familiar with his left eye crying/overflowing all of the time or being crusted shut. Or all of the random people in public asking Jack why he was crying (Hello people, he is a BABY!) We took him to the pediatric opthamologist to discover that his tear duct was clogged and would require surgery. We nervously awaited today when he was scheduled for the surgery at Phoenix Children's Hospital. The most challenging part was that we could not feed Jack for six hours prior to the surgery which meant that he had to skip breakfast, however he proved to be a pretty good little patient. When he got fussy waiting, Eddie took him to the play area and showed him the toys and he loved the Cozy Coupe as well. He then took a nap in his purple hospital gown with koala bears in space ships, which ended up looking more like a toga and then Dr. Underdahl was finally ready for him. He went back to the O.R. as we all kissed him goodbye and after six minutes of being asleep his surgery was done. Dr. Underdahl came out to let us know that he did great and we could go and get him. When we got back to the recovery room a few moments later, he was screaming at a nurse because he had snatched her water bottle and she had taken it back from him. He gulped down 8 ounces of apple juice immediately and the nurse told us that he had sat right up in bed when he woke up and was just looking around where as most children start freaking out immediately. We were able to leave the hospital soon after then took some pictures when we got home as Jack drank even more apple juice while Eddie showed him his "get well" presents and entertained him by dancing.
We truly feel blessed to have such a healthy family, as being at the children's hospital really made us think about all of the less fortunate families that were there. Our boys are amazing and Eddie takes such good care of his little brother - he is one in a million!
