Chez PLJ

Well, here goes Jon’s third major surgery, almost eight months to the day of his second one. The operation starts this morning at 8 a.m. at Sick Kids, but of course that means we’ve been at the hospital since 6 a.m. (in part making sure the kid isn’t tempted to eat or drink anything right before the surgery.) Surgery is estimated to last five or six hours. For details on what’s being done, read about Jon’s first operation from six years ago (start at the bottom of the page), and pretend it reads “left leg/hip”.

There was a bit of tension when Jon got winged by whatever virus is going around just before the March Break. You have to be healthy to go into surgery. He shook all of the symptoms easily, save for some sinus congestion that just…kept…holding…on. But he’s mostly better, and the anaesthesiologists say that this is minor and not an impediment.

Huge thanks to Pam who is dogsitting at our place throughout the day and trying to ensure that poor Photon won’t go too mental.