I've had a request for some new pictures of Austin, so we took a few in his room this morning.
Austin is growing up so much lately. His vocabulary is very extensive, and he surprises us with some of the things he says. It is pretty entertaining to hear him make up phrases, one of which is "last- morning." (in reference to sometime yesterday)
He is learning the concept of time and constantly tells us, "one second!" especially when he is stalling for bedtime or potty time or anything else that would interrupt his activity at the moment.
As far as the surgery is concerned, Austin seems pretty matter-of-fact about the whole thing. We've explained it to him in simple terms, and we will be meeting with a child life specialist at the children's hospital later this week. They will give all three of us a tour of the pre-op area, an inpatient room, and they will do some medical play with Austin to help him understand what is going to happen before, during and after the surgery.
One thing that Austin is looking forward to is watching TV after the surgery. We told him that he would have to lay flat on his back in the hospital and then he would come home and watch TV. He was pretty excited about the idea of having extra TV time.
Austin is growing up so much lately. His vocabulary is very extensive, and he surprises us with some of the things he says. It is pretty entertaining to hear him make up phrases, one of which is "last- morning." (in reference to sometime yesterday)
He is learning the concept of time and constantly tells us, "one second!" especially when he is stalling for bedtime or potty time or anything else that would interrupt his activity at the moment.
As far as the surgery is concerned, Austin seems pretty matter-of-fact about the whole thing. We've explained it to him in simple terms, and we will be meeting with a child life specialist at the children's hospital later this week. They will give all three of us a tour of the pre-op area, an inpatient room, and they will do some medical play with Austin to help him understand what is going to happen before, during and after the surgery.
One thing that Austin is looking forward to is watching TV after the surgery. We told him that he would have to lay flat on his back in the hospital and then he would come home and watch TV. He was pretty excited about the idea of having extra TV time.
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