Minication

Since we rudely scheduled Jaxon's surgery for the 1st day of spring break, we decided we better give the kids a little fun before the torture. Therefore, we headed over to Daytona Beach to visit Kevin's grandparents and play in the surf. Okay, only some of us played in the surf (I think the the water temp. is in the low 70s, if even that high); the one who didn't get in the water soaked up the sun and thoroughly enjoyed watching her family frolic in the frigid sea. It was a GREAT weekend. We were even able to persuade the grandparents to let us treat them to dinner at our favorite seafood restaurant (we've been eating there since before we even considered moving to Florida), Aunt Catfish's. I think Grammy and Granddad enjoyed seeing us coming and going; I always tell Granddad we're a little like a tornado or hurricane when we hit. Hopefully we lifted some spirits (I know it lifted ours); it was sure enjoyable for us. We can't wait to go back in a few weeks.

Surgery Update

To satisfy Aunt Shan (who is disturbed by the images of Jaxon's hernia), I am publishing a new post. Jax will officially lose his 'party trick' (which is exactly how he referred to it with the surgeon) on Monday, April 6. It is spring break for us, so Jax won't have to miss any school nor soccer games (the truly important thing). Our little man is being very brave about the whole thing; his only fear was that it would hurt when they actually did the surgery. Once I explained that he would be asleep during the surgery, he was fine with the whole thing. I told him he could eat lots of ice cream; he wants that and balloons!

The Hernia

Jax has (hopefully) lost one of his best friends... his belly button that he can make stick-out. Thursday night, Jax stuck it out, and it stayed that way. I was at the grocery store, and Kev called to say I needed to get home. I was shocked when I saw 'the button'. I took pictures and emailed them to my former boss (and Gracie's pediatric endocrinologist) who immediately called (thanks, Mike - I owe you one) from Massachusetts. As we suspected, it was an emergency. Since it was late, we had no choice but heading to the ER. The pediatric resident and the ER resident pulled Jaxon's abdomen and pushed the hernia back in at the same time. Jaxon was screaming and crying the entire time (which felt like an eternity). Apparently, it is very painful, but they didn't want to waste time medicating him. Instead, he was given narcotics after the procedure. It at least made him comfortable enough to let them play around with his button a little more (it was swollen, and they just wanted to make sure all the tissue was back inside). We went home after a few hours with a referral to see peds surgery (oh what fun) sometime in the near future (hopefully before he pops it out again). His party trick days might be over...