If any one needs us, you’ll know where to look.

We aren’t getting out of bed today. Normy is pretty uncomfortable; you would be too if you had a camera inserted into your bellybutton, your tummy pumped full of CO2, and some stitches on the inside and outside. In a nutshell, that was the procedure. They put in the laparoscopic camera, filled him with gas, took a look around, and sewed up the offending hernia. The surgery took less than an hour from the time they put him under until he was all stitched up. The good news is that his bowl was undamaged by the strangulation, he only had the one hernia, and he should be right as rain in just a couple of days.

The poor little guy slept solid from the moment we got home until four o’ clock this morning. Since then he’s only been awake for an hour so at a stretch. I definitely plan on spending the day in bed with him just kind of chilling out and helping my little man recover. I’ve got some good bed activities to keep myself busy, including our Christmas letter to compose, and a photo album to make. I’ll probably throw some stuff in the crock-pot for this evening, and I’m letting the dust bunny’s collect. *Sigh* It is really nice after everything to take a chance to recuperate myself. I feel exhausted. I know Smoochy does too. And the poor guy has to go back into work today. That daddy sure does love us!

Once again, thank you so much for checking in on all of us and making sure we’re doing okay! Knowing that you folks are out there pulling for us has been comforting. Thankfully this has been a comparatively uncomplicated, minimally painful, and mostly noninvasive procedure. My heart goes out to all the parents whose children can’t be as easily made all-better. We truly have been blessed.