that scraping noise you hear...

Yesterday was the big day for Max. We got up early, went to the hospital, and got checked in. This is what he looked like while we waited:



Then they took him inside, drugged him up nice and good, and started doing this to him:



click here for waaaay more than you wanted to know about this!

and this:



and then this:



This is what he looked like after he woke up:



And this is him an hour later:



and 20 minutes after that:



and this is after his fifteenth popsicle:



and this is him, going home with a wheelchair ride:



We're mostly all better now, so we've borrowed a game cube and some disney games and it's fun fun fun until at least Monday.