He's done!

Evan all set to head to the OR

Mommy and Evan getting ready for the OR...I went in when they put Evan to sleep

Evan back up in his room after surgery...

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Evan is through surgery and is doing well. He looked worse than we expected when we saw him in Recovery but he looks much better now. His lips are really swollen and lots of blood in his teeth, etc... Evan was so cute when he woke up because he was so proud that his hole was finally closed that he began tapping me and trying to open his mouth to show me his hole was gone.

He also had 4 teeth removed (2 that were "useless teeth" stuck up in his clefts in his gum and 2 rotten ones in the back. He also had several capped with silver and now he looks like a pirate :-)

His brother, Caleb told him he would get $10 from the toothfairy for losing all those teeth so he keeps asking for his ten dollars.

The surgeon said Evan's palate closure went really well...we have tried to see it but it's pretty swollen right now so we can't see too much. The surgeon also extended his soft palate in the back as well...all of this will really help with his speech, too.

Evan had a difficult time last night as he was continually throwing up yet he still insisted on playing his gamecube. He is hooked up to IV so he can't really play and when I looked over at him, he was just kind of laying there looking at the screen but not playing. Too tired and groggy...I guess just knowing it was there was comforting to him :-)

Thank you for all your nice comments and prayers!!!!

If Evan starts to drink on his own we may be able to break free of the hospital!

More later....