Surgery update

I'll spare you the details but I thought I'd give a quick update about how surgery went yesterday. First of all, thank you for all your prayers.
Caleb is recovering well and back to himself already; energetic and testing limits. Paul came with us to the hospital and they took Caleb in early which meant Paul could be there until then. Surgery was crazy fast, 30 minutes after they wheeled him away in a little red wagon the doctor came to me and told me everything went fine and Caleb was finished. 3 stitches and some glue on his ear to keep it all together. 20 minutes after that the nurses called me into his room to be there while he woke up. I immediately took him from his bed to rock him and calm him. He was floppy and crying. I'm so thankful he responded to me and wasn't screaming or not consolable, as some kids are. Although he cried, it was just from discomfort of waking up from the anesthesia. He was most upset by a band-aid on his toe with the pulse monitor on it. He did keep saying, "I don't like this mommy, I don't like this." every couple of minutes for the first 20 minutes. Poor kid. After 20 minutes he was aware enough to respond to my singing and calm down only to wake up and cry for a minute before calming down again.
We spend 2 more hours in the hospital monitoring Caleb and making sure he was good to go. He did great! We had a friend come pick us up from the hospital so that I could sit in the back with Caleb. Thank goodness I did. He threw up ALL the juice and muffin he'd just eaten. That was almost the worst part. Strapped in his car seat and throwing up all over my friends car. He was uncomfortable but luckily we were close to home. After lunch and a 3 1/2 hour nap together in my bed, we both woke up happy and read for some birthday celebrations; bowling, pumpkin pie and presents. Which I got a 1 hour prenatal massage gift certificate from Paul! So excited to get a professional massage and I can't think of a better time to get one than while I'm pregnant!

Surgery

Poor Caleb is scheduled for surgery this Friday morning. Months ago I noticed an odd growth on Caleb's upper ear. I watched it closely and it's been getting bigger so I decided it was best to have it checked by a doctor. After multiple doctor's visits we've finally learned it's a benign growth of epithileal cells and some calicification. Common in children and something that began in utero. Our last appointment, with a pediatric surgeon, confirmed the need to get it removed. Not only is it odd looking and growing but if left it could turn into an infection or deform his ear. I thoughy it would be a quick procedure with local anesthia but I was wrong. The pediatric surgeon will put Caleb "all the way under" on Friday remove the growth and send it in for testing, but he's positive it's not cancerous. After hearing that I wasn't concerned about his ear anymore, but his reaction to waking up after being under full anesthia. I don't know about scarring, recovery, or how long the surgery will take but I pray we both can handle the waking up part. Paul will be at school Friday morning so I (a pregnant emotional basket case) will be up to handle it all on my own.
Our prayers are for Caleb this week and Paul will give him a blessing on Thursday night.