Caleb's pre-surgery class

Last night Caleb and I went on a special date. We drove up to Primary Children's for a pre-surgery class. It was awesome. They showed us a cute video about all the different things that will happen next week (on tuesday). Then they took the kids to one side of the room and the parents to another area. They explained all the pre and post op instructions and registration type stuff to us while the kids got to see things like IV's, stethoscopes and other stuff. The let the kids smell different smells that they can give them in masks to make them fall asleep (the anesthesia). Then the kids each got a "hospital buddy" and some dr gear and they got to play with all the equipment. Yes, as you can see from the pictures Caleb chose the only African American buddy in the pile. Hey, but that's ok. I just thought it was funny. We named him Jamal. Caleb loves Jamal and has taken him everywhere with us today.



After the playing they took us on a tour of the out patient area and all the rooms they'd be visiting. Primary's is so amazing in how great they are for the kids. The have a huge play room to wait in before surgery; they let the kids choose if they want to ride in a big wagon, a wheel chair or their bed when they go off to surgery; they have lots of fish tanks and pictures painted on the ceilings and everything.

Going there also really put things into perspective. There was a little boy in the class that had no arms and no legs. Caleb said, "He has no feet. How come he has no hands or feet?" I said, "He was just born like that." He said "Was I born like that?" I said, "No, but you were born with a puffy lip. We were all born with different special things about us." There was also a girl with no ear. It was all closed shut. Makes me realize we don't have it so bad. Anyway, I am really glad we went to to the class. I think it helped a lot. After the class we went to Mc Donalds and had dinner and played. It was a great date!