Children's Hospital - TODAY!

Oh my goodness did Matthew wake up on the WRONG side of the bed today. He was horrible! Didn't want to get up, didn't want to go potty, didn't want to get dressed, didn't want to eat, etc. Anyway, he did most of those things. Took awhile, but he did. We ended up going to DC early today. We knew how hard it was to get a parking space at the METRO centers, so we went in like we usually do, early and by 8am. We ended up going and taking the metro to L'Enfant Plaza and looking around. I mean, LOOKING AROUND.........seeing who was close to metro stations (work places) and what "attractions" were close by.

We opted for the Air and Space Museum but before they opened (at 10am), we walked the mall and Matthew was feeling his "normal" self, so he went and chased the geese on the mall and looked at the "big upside down pencil" standing in the air. ROFL Yeah, looking at the monument through a child's eyes, I guess you can say it's a "big upside down pencil". I thought that was funny. Matthew loved the mall. He loved the fact that we could let him out of the stroller and he could run 'til he couldn't run anymore. *sneaky laugh*

After the mall, we called my brother to see if he wanted to meet, but he was quite busy, so we went ahead and walked to the Air and Space Museum. IF YOU COULD HAVE SEEN MATTHEW'S FACE AT THE FIRST CEILING MODEL OF AN AIRPLANE! This is what mom and dad heard.........."MOMMA, DADDA, lookie! AIRPLANE UP DAIR!!" Do you know how many times we heard that? Do you know how many planes are "up dair"?!?! ALOT! Even the newer exhibits are "up dair"! Oh my. He loved the museum. Absolutely LOVED it. He saw Freeze Dried Ice Cream in a bag and said, "No ice cream, momma." I asked him if he wanted any, and Matthew said, NO! hehehehehe.....*s*

The best exhibit as of right now is the American History exhibit. It has the first phonograph, the first record, the hat Abraham Lincoln wore when he died, Jackie Kennedy's gown from a inaug. ball, Dizzy Gillepsie's trumpet thingie, and oh, I forgot his name, but a famous musician who I realized, when I looked at his "score" of music they had from him, HE COULDN'T READ MUSIC!!!!! (When I said that, another music lover noticed the same thing. Most of us started talking about that. Interesting.) Loved it!

Ok, getting down to business...........Matthew went to Children's today for post op "look sees" today. We were only suppose to see just Dr. Murthy, but we ended up meeting Dr. Kalloo there too. So we saw her too! She was like, come on, let's see how Matt's doing.

Dr. Murthy's results: Matthew's fistula fix is holding! HALLELUJAH! The graft is still in place and doing well. Newly formed "tissue" is surrounding it. (Just like it's suppose to.) He was VERY pleased at what he saw. We did show him Matthew's "NO-NO's"........HE BROKE THEM! Dr. Murthy was dumbfounded. Matthew is the ONLY child who has broken a set of NO-NO's!!!! He still has to wear them for at least another week. NO IF's, and's, or but's! Oh, and Matthew's weight is ok, but Dr. Murthy said, if he's hungry and he wants eggs, GIVE HIM DOUBLE! *no quarrels there*

Dr. Kalloo's results: Matthew's "down under" work is doing well. Incision where the hernia was is good and just about totally healed. The undescended teste is doing ok. Um, "Mr. Happy" isn't. We have to see her in two weeks for that. She will do a procedure on Matthew that is "in/out" from the office. Oh boy. Poor Matthew. Without getting into it, it just means one thing.....MORE PAIN! *sigh*

A good day today. Good news for the most part. Please continue to pray for our friend in the earlier post. Thank you.

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