Brave boy
It’s amazing how quickly the days have flown by. Mason has been recovering very well.
We spent one night in the hospital. Mason was not at all excited about staying in the hospital, but he was a trooper and used the experience as an opportunity to catch up on his cartoons. He was very comfortable, but didn’t sleep much at all that night, so neither did we. I’ll admit that I got a few solid hours in the pre-dawn stretch, but I don’t think Andrea fared as well. We were transferred to a private room Monday evening, and when we looked out the window in the morning, what did we see? A construction site! And not only that, it’s Grandpa’s construction site! With a loader and forklift and dump trucks and everything!
We had a brief visit with Dr. Rozzelle, and Mason was happy to be be discharged. The first thing we did was go see Grandpa across the street and look at the construction
Mason was so brave for his surgery that Santa brought him one present early, and it was waiting for him at Oma’s house. He guessed it was Rokenbok before he even uncovered it, but he’s spend about 50% of his waking time playing with it ever since 
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Of course, Daddy has done just as much playing as Mason has. This one took me a few hours, but it’s mostly survived Mason’s reconstruction efforts for a few days now.
We took the kids to the zoo yesterday, since the weather was so warm. Mostly we ran in circles around the reptile house. This is Mason’s impression of a crocodile:
and Giselle’s too, of course:
Mason has been ‘his old self’ practically since we came home. His sleeping schedule is still way off (he just went down at ~2am), but otherwise the hardest part has been protecting him from himself. (“No, you can’t play pillow fight right now.”) Thanks again for all the support. We can’t wait to see him without his bandages in a few weeks!
December 17th, 2011 at 7:32 pm
I was so very happy to see he has come through everything so well so far. Im sure it was rough..and I thought of you guys often. Miss seeing your beautiful family for Christmas. Rachel graduated today from Western. Someday you two will watch Mason and Giselle do the same thing Im sure. What a great moment!! Greg also passed his firefighters exam with flying colors today. Happpy Holidays!!
Love to all
Aunt Pat
December 21st, 2011 at 3:10 pm
The picture of Mason and Giselle being an alligator is ADORABLE! What a wonderful surprise (sort of) of the early Christmas gift. I’m sure Mason’s stay became much better when he got a view of the construction site! That’s cool that Grandpa got to show it to him firsthand! Love the pictures and updates! Soooo happy to hear that it all went well. He is a very brave boy!