Today was a bit scary for me. I woke up at 5:00 am this morning to go to the hospital. I didn't like not being able to have anything to drink or eat but mommy and Isaac said the doctor would let me have something after the surgery was over. The nurses were really nice to me and my doctor was great - as always! I was a bit impatient while waiting in the pre-op room so they gave me some Valium to calm me down and to help with the separation from mommy when I had to go with the nurses to the surgery room. It must have worked because mommy says I kept saying I needed to sleep. When I woke up, mommy and Isaac were there and a couple nurses were too. We didn't stay too much longer though. There was a boy older than me that had surgery today too and my doctor said he didn't have as much done as I did and he was doing a lot of screaming so I must have been a very big boy today because I never did cry!

(Jacob seems to be doing well! He has had a bit of pain this afternoon and early evening but nothing unexpected. He was an excellent trooper for the entire staff and for us too! I think his first thought upon waking was remembering they were going to cut on his private area because when we got to see him in recovery, we got a first hand view of the cut. He immediately threw the blankets off himself to check to make sure everything was still *there*! :-) The doctor says he can return to school as early as tomorrow as long as the pain isn't too severe. Most of the numbing has worn off by now and he is beginning to feel some pain so I think that will be a decision made either later tonight or in the morning.)