Scaredy mommy

I admit to feeling a bit like Scaredy Squirrel this week.  Alasdair had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cyst from beside his eye.  We have been waiting for this surgery since July, and it was cancelled once in February because Alasdair had a bit of a cough.  So, the surgery has been hanging over us for a long time as (I think) a much more real threat than those green martians, poison ivy and tarantulas.  The germs, though, were a worry to me and Scaredy Squirrel.

Our surgery was scheduled for 9 in the morning, so there was no eating after midnight, and no drinking after 6AM.  But we made it through the waiting period and the one hour and twenty minute surgery.  Alasdair came through like a trooper.  He has a big black eye, but that doesn't seem to bother him at all.
Now Scaredy Squirrel may have mostly overcome his fear of the unknown to venture out everyday, but I am pretty ok with never having to put my child through surgery again.  Thanks for the inspiration Scaredy, but we'll say no thank you.