Poor Ian

This coming week will be a big one for Ian. Ian will be having his adenoids and tonsils taken out on Thursday. This is our second time around trying to do this. Our first attempt was sidelined by a BAD flu bug. We had to cancel everything. This time we are taking no chances and have taken Ian out of school a week before the big day and tried not have contact with large groups of people. We are hoping to have this surgery!
Ian has been having panic attaches so bad that we ended up in the hospital of Friday night. I guess the little guy has been telling us that he is not frightened and then internalises his fears, causing him to freak out over every little thing. Friday night it was Chernobyl tonight it was lock jaw. Poor Ian. I have found that he hasn't been sleeping and Genji has found that he has been wandering thought out the house at night. I don't know what to do for Ian. I have been praying with him at night...hoping that he will find comfort in this. I have explained in great detail all the questions he has asked about nuclear melt downs and lock jaw. I sure hope this will all fade away, when the surgery is over...i don't know how much of this i can handle.



I can tell Ian is wondering what it will be like recuperating from surgery. He said to me tonight, "mom, i get everything i want after my surgery right?" I told me yes!? Then he said to me, "mom, in the medical book that i have been reading, it stats that a child should be spoiled after having a major surgery." "mom, will we be getting cable this next week? I have been really wanting to watch T.V" Ahhh, i thought this is where he was going with this. I told him i didn't think we would have time to get cable placed by next week, but that we would be getting it for the Olympics. I think Ian is really looking forward to have me at his beck and call for the next two weeks. I just hope that for the first part of the week he will be sleeping. *laughing*
I will be doing more updates this next week...so i would come daily for a while.

Love,
mia (the future slave)