surgery

reed had surgery at the beginning of november.  he took an elbow to the lip, courtesy of his brother, back in august.  a cyst formed in that spot and had to be removed.  he was not the slightest bit nervous and did fantastic!

saying goodbye to this thing that he really grew to dislike!

all smiles in holding...

it took a while for anesthesia to wear off!

being a boy, he thought it would be a good idea to remove his stitches about 8 hours post-op...

which resulted in us going back to get him stitched up again (nothing can ever be easy around here)!

 the next day (mental deficiency kicked in again), he thought dodge ball would be a good idea.  that resulted in the inside stitches busting, but i just let that go since nobody could see that anyway.  and, then i told him that he had to sit completely still for a several days until all the stitches dissolved!!  thank goodness we are on the other side of it!  all is well now, but i do know that the next time he has stitches, i am going to tell them to cast both of his arms as well!!!