Andy's dental surgery

Andy went for his dental surgery this morning. I'm so proud of him. He was brave. We got up early so I let him go to the hospital in his jammies. I snapped a photo of him in the parking garage before we went in he was all smiles. He got to play in the fun room for a while after he had his vitals taken and got his gown on. They let him drive a Little Tykes Truck to the operating room. He was waving and smiling and said "I'm driving like Daddy". He was in surgery for about an hour, they crowned 6 teeth, four on the right side, two on the left. When I got to the recovery room he was sobbing. I was able to pick him up off the bed and hold him in the rocking chair. He cried for 20 minutes and then fell back asleep for about an hour. After he was alert we were able to get dressed and head for home. I presented him with a "thanks for being such a big boy gift" of a little stuffed moose. He squeezed it very tightly and I asked what his name was and he said, "MOOSE!" We stopped on the way home for some ginger ale, as the dr suggested he drink for the rest of the day, and on the way to the check out he picked out some tiny marshmallows... they did say ONLY soft food, they probably didn't mean marshmallows, but we balanced it out with macaroni and cheese. :) He's playing quietly now, and declined any pain medicine. His Daddy has called twice to check on him and sent me a text this morning on the way to the hospital saying "Give Andy a kiss for me and tell him I love him". These things are harder on Daddy and Mommy than they are on the boy I do believe. I am thankful to God for blessing Andy's day, to Dr. Murphy for being so kind and gentle and filling in at a moments notice, and to the staff at the Hospital for taking such good care of Andy.