Hernia No More

Steve's surgery is done!  Here is he moments before they wheeled him away (note the look of excitement on his face):

And here he is recovering afterwards:

Steve is always funny because he reacts really strongly to anesthesia.  When I went up to the recovery room, he was looking pretty rough and kept weirdly moving his mouth like Mr. Ed.  I told him that his hernia was repaired, but that the surgeon came and told me it was so small, he had his doubts that it was the only thing behind his pain.  So then Steve started drunkenly weeping and I was all, "waaaaaait, no...nooooooo..."  Once his head cleared, he went from weepy to real pissed.  The surgeon told me the lymph nodes in his thigh were really big and Steve is so skinny he has no "fat pat" to cushion them from his nerve.  So I googled that while Steve was moping and discovered that a hernia can make the lymph nodes nearby swollen. I'm hoping that the hernia was still the root cause of the pain so Steve is all better!!  

He's in pretty good shape right now.  He decided not to bother picking up his pain meds from the pharmacy since he's just a bit tender.  I'm off tomorrow, so if he needs 'em, I can go and get 'em.  Steve is currently a happy boy because I got him Ben & Jerry's and he is having pizza and coke for dinner - which he doesn't even have to pick up.  

Wm wrote Steve a note that said, "Dear Daddy, I love you more than anything.  You are the best dad a son could ever have. Love, William."  Cutest thing ever!!