Roper had his surgeries...all three of them...about a week and a half ago. I can't believe I'm going to post a picture of me sans makeup...but give me a break, we had to be at the hospital at 5:45 am which means I was up at a ridiculous hour. Thankfully my mom stayed over the night before to look after Mason while we took Roper to the hospital.
He looked so cute in the hat & scrubs & slippers that the nurse had us dress him in...but they didn't last long...he is not a morning person (wonder where he gets it?) and he was stripped down to just the pants in no time.
The day of the surgery was pretty miserable for him. We had a hard time getting him to take the pain medicine the doctor prescribed for him, which was tylenol with codeine. He spit it out every time...so finally I switched to plain tylenol, thinking it would be better than nothing, and it made a huge difference! 24 hours post op he was back to normal...pretty much...although there is a long list of things he's not supposed to do for 2 weeks, so we're still trying to keep that under control, which is hard since he feels perfectly normal now.
He has about a 2" incision just below his hip from the hydrocele repair, but he only complains about it when he sees it. Out of sight, out of mind! During a diaper change or bath time, he will point to his "big ole boo boo" as he calls it, but he says it doesn't hurt anymore. But he's quick to remind us that the "mean ole doctor" cut him. In addition to the hydrocele repair and another procedure related to that, he also got tubes in his ears. We are so thankful that the doctors coordinated their schedules so that he could get everything done at once!
Mason made it to his third football game this season...
At the end of the game on Saturday, Mason announced that he wants to be a quarterback when he grows up, but he wants to play for the blue team! Sounds good to me -- my grandfather went to the Citadel so it holds a special place in my heart! And I agree with Mason that the blue and white uniforms look pretty good!
Another Mason "funny" that I have to share...he has really been "into" the Bible story lessons from Sunday School each week. He comes home talking about them and asking questions and then most nights he will ask that we read him whichever "story of the week" from our children's Bible. For a while he was stuck on the story of David & Goliath (which, by the way, is hilarious if you ask him to tell you the story). And thanks to David the Shepherd Boy, Mason now has a sling shot on his Christmas list!
The most recent story that he is fixated on is the story of "Joseph and his Very Colorful Coat." Over the weekend Mason told Graem that he thought it would be a good idea to sell Roper to slave traders, just like Joseph's brothers did to him! I was re-counting this to my friend Leslie, who's mother happens to be Mason's SS teacher, and Leslie responded that perhaps Mason should be reminded of how the story ends -- with Mason grovelling at Roper's/Joseph's feet for mercy! HA!
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This summer you will have to add the Joseph's Coat climbing rose to your beautiful rose collection! My neighbor back home, Doris, has it and it is STUNNING! Everytime Mason sees it he can think of the story!
PS-Song of the Stars, A Christmas Story, of hers is a beautiful book!
Thank you for the recommendations! The Joseph's Coat rose is what started my rose collection -- its my first rose bush and still my favorite!
Glad everything went well for Roper. Been thinking about that little man.
My kids have been into the Joseph story as well...and I have never heard of that rose! How neat! I think that story is a great one to use with siblings - we need to read it daily!
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