Prince Vince Meets the World

.. to say the least… It started last Friday actually, when the Dr called and said that some of Vince blood tests came back not looking good. I went into total panic mood, as this was EXACTLY how Vince little friend Astrid found out she has AML (leukemia). She was going to have the same surgery, and the same test came back not looking so hot. So, 8 am Friday morning the freaking out started. Off B went with Vince to the hospital for additional blood work. I had to work. The tests should be ready by Monday morning - so the weekend sucked. 8 am Mon morning and of course the test was not ready. We were supposed to be at the hospital at 10 am to check in for the T&A surgery, but without the results of the blood work there could be no surgery. And as the blood work looked on Friday, there would be no surgery… The hospital told us to come anyways, and amazingly enough, Vince and I got our own room - unheard of unless you have the extra insurance (which is the one we can’t get). The rest of the day consisted of waiting and some other check ups. FINALLY at 6.30 pm we got the results that all was OK. Still don’t know exactly what was wrong, but all white blood cells counts etc came back fine. Major relief! THANK YOU for support calls, sms and emails.
So we (Vince) did get to have his surgery. He was a little champ. As he was falling a sleep with his falling a sleep medicine he was giggling and waving bye bye as they rolled him away to the surgery. 2 hours later he came back with a smile on his face. The first thing he did was sign MILK. Unfortunately, he could not have anything to drink, especially not milk, so he got  a bit upset, but after some painkillers he was back to being almost himself. He was already up and walking, eating and drinking on the same day as surgery. The next day it was virtually impossible to even try to keep him still. He was climbing and running around without any problems. And he was finally allowed to have milk. He loves his milk (regular milk) and is so cute when he stops in the middle of playing to search me or Bookie and to sign MILK.
Today he was in a little bit more pain, but he still ate lots in the afternoon. Bookie is staying the night with him tonight, and hopefully they get to go home tomorrow.

Eating bread and drinking tea a few hours after surgery

Napping w dad after surgery