Paging Dr. Arrandale!!!!

Today we spent the morning at Children's Mercy Hospital doing a large chunk of our pre-op stuff.

Yesterday Sam got a new doctor's kit so that he would be able to perform some tests on the nurses and doctors that were visiting with him. Sam really likes his new equipment, and has spent the majority of the last two days checking his mom's, his dad', and all of his various bears, cookie monsters, Elmo's, and stuffed dogs heart rates and blood pressures.

First we went to the pre-op admission office where Sam had all of his vitals taken. Then he got to check the nurse's heart rate and blood pressure. We also met with the anesthesiologist. Then we got meet with the nurse from the Child Life Department.

She was great. She read a book to Sam explaining what he could expect the day of his surgery. She also let him smell the different flavors of "Sleep Air" and let him pick one for his surgery. He chose banana.

Then we met with Dr. Singhal and his staff. We got to look at the pictures from his latest C-T scan. His skull has healed nicely from his last surgery but there is no more room for his brain to grow. His brain doesn't have too much pressure yet, but would eventually if we didn't do the surgery (scheduled for Feb 5th).

After meeting with Dr. we ate lunch in the cafeteria (hospital food has come a LONG way) and then off to the lab for some blood work. Sam was not a fan of having a needle in his arm.

We were all very tired after our day so we came home and all members of Team Arrandale took huge naps.