Karson had surgery to remove the partial 6th digit on his right hand this past Thursday. We had to be at the hospital at 6:00am, but since it was an outpatient procedure, we were back home by 10:30am. The surgery went well, but it was still nerve racking for Mommy (and probably for Daddy too, but he's the strong one). The hardest part for Karson was not being able to eat for so long, but he took it pretty well. All of the nurses just loved him and thought was so cute. He "talked" to the OR nurse a lot, so she must have been his favorite. As you can see from the pictures, his arm is bandaged up to his elbow, so he can't get it off. It looks like a baby cast, but it doesn't seem to bother him too much. He does get frustrated when he tries to suck on his fingers on his right hand because he can't get to them. Daddy is hoping this forces him to be left handed. ;-) I will take him back to see the orthopedic surgeon on Monday, and hopefully they will remove the bandage. We haven't seen it, but I assume they put one or two stitches in his hand. Hopefully he will leave them alone once they take the bandage off. Nana Cathy & Papa Rick came down to visit us on Thursday night, so Karson has been plenty "spoiled" (and Justin too). We hated having put our baby through a surgery, but we are so glad it is over and that everything went so well.
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