More Surgery

Andrew was at the hospital for surgery today at 10:30 a.m. The surgery (like most) required him to have an empty stomach, so by the time he was up to his hospital room (5:00 p.m.) it had been 18 hours since he had eaten or drank anything. His nurse wanted him to have liquids only for the evening, but Andrew convinced her that he felt fine and could stomach the solids, so she put in an order for a meal tray. Apparently she didn't cancel the liquid tray so when food service rolled in and had two trays with his name on them Andrew announced to the confused kitchen worker, "Yep, both trays are for me." Here is a picture of him about to dive into soup, a sandwich, broth, jello, a protein shake, a lemon bar, chips, mashed potatoes..... After the meal a lullaby began playing over the PA system. Kelly U. told us that means a baby had just been born in the hospital, very cute. And the surgery itself went fine. He was in more pain and less mobile then we were led to believe, but overall successful.