The lump, pt. 2

 Tuesday, February 12th was Tyson's surgery to have his "lump" removed.  I went into this whole thing, thinking it was not really a huge deal.  We knew he would have to stay overnight after the surgery, but I didn't realize the actual surgery was going to take three stinkin' hours!  Wow.  I thought it was just going to be a quick in-and-out kind of thing, but I was wrong.  Once the doctor came in to explain what he was going to do, I found out it was a little more complicated than I had first realized.  There was some nerves they had to work around, a breathing tube, etc.  Eeek. 
The actual procedure took almost three hours, by the time we got to see our baby after his time in recovery it was well over three hours.  He did awesome!  All of the nurses and doctors were so impressed with him.  He handled everything really well.  He never shed a tear.  The plan was, as long as he was eating well and staying hydrated, etc. we would be able to go home the morning after surgery.  Thank God, everything went great.  He ate like he hadn't eaten in weeks, and was spoiled rotten by the nurses.  He ate cookies and ice cream in his bed, he was in heaven. 
During the night, his nurse came in every hour to check his vitals and he did amazing, going right back to sleep as soon as she was done.  The surgeon and his team came by 8:00 in the morning to check things out.  They were amazed by how well he was doing and then decided to have the nurse take out his IV, and they removed the drainage tube from behind his ear.  By about 10:00, we were on the road, headed home. 
It was "recommended" that we keep him out of daycare until the following Monday, but our amazing daycare provider was totally fine with having him on Thursday and making sure his incision area stayed dry and nobody bumped it.
He has been healing well as far as I can tell.  The bandages are still over the incision area.  The doctor thought they would fall off within about a week, but as of now, they are still there.    He goes in for a follow-up appointment on Friday, so I would assume if they haven't fallen off by then, the doctor will remove them.  The only real side-effect we are seeing is that his smile is kind of crooked.  Dr. Lander told us, that because they had to work around a major nerve on that side of his face, this would probably happen.  The full function should come back within a few weeks, but it could be as long as a year before he has complete control of it again.