Quick up date

Scott came through the operation without any complications. The Doctor said that all went fine, and he should be up walking with a walker today. It was a very long day for me and for his parents. We arrived at the hospital at about 530 am and didn't leave until 4pm. The operation went ahead at about 8am, and he got out of surgery at 11appx am. The waiting was incredibley tense, and I really hated it. I brought a "bag of tricks" to keep me occupied, yeah right. I tried to look into my little bag several times, however I just couldn't. I just sat there and worried. My concentration levels were like a monkey on crack! I was all over the place mentally. He was in recovery by 1145, and stayed there until about 345. He was moved to a "step down" unit. That is a cross between a regular room and an icu bed. Basically they needed to monitor him a little more because of the surgery. He had a heart, oxygen monitors, and also an IV with a pca pump to deliver the pain meds. The morphine made him extremely groggy in addition to the anesthesia that was still in his body. I was so releived that he was doing well. Today will be the big test of his will. He will have to get out of bed and actually walk. That is going to be difficult, but I know he will get through it, i know he is a strong willed person and that alone will carry him through this.
Tomorrow, we won't be getting in to see him, it will be too much on my inlaws and the drive will be terrible. The famous Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is going on and the gridlock and insanity will be tenfold. I think Scott understands, I hope he does.
It was painful to leave him there yesterday. I felt all out of sorts all night. The best that I can say is that he needs to be there, and I can't help him as much as the professionals can.
It was also painful to see my 10 year old break down when he talked to his Dad. The strong boy, the one that I didn't think was going to be so upset, he was the one that fell apart, two sentences into the conversation, he started sobbing and crying. I hope that it didn't upset Scott too much.
I was able after about 45 minutes to calm him down, Daniel, not Scott, sorry. The other two are a little out of it too, Cassidy wouldn't talk to Scott, she was being a little stubborn, but it was understandable. Patrick was trying to be so very grown up, he was holding it together and really trying to calm down Daniel, which only made it worse, becasue Daniel didn't want to hear from his older brother.
We are making the trek to see Scott today, going early, and then we will leave a little earlier. The kids are excited and anxious to go, Cassidy may need to stay in the lobby, they have a 12 year old rule, so I will see if I can get permission from a nursing supervisor for 10 minutes, I would say that there are mitigating factors here, with all of the other things that Scott is going through, I would hope that they have a heart, knowing that the poor guy isn't going to see us on Thanksgiving. We will see, otherwise, we will have to call and do the phone thing with her.

Thank you to all who sent their good wishes, I will update when I can.