Big Weekend Coming Up

Colin had his hearing screening yesterday. He passed. Now he has no excuses when daddy asks him to mow the yard. I figure the moment he can walk and reach the handle, he can get behind our self-propelled mower and get the job done. Being 2 years old won't be an excuse. He he :-) Only kidding. After all Colin has been through, we'll likely end up being bad parents for letting him get away with so much. Oh well, worse things could happen ;-)
Colin had another surgical consult yesterday as well. For a while, we were wondering if maybe Colin didn't have a hernia after all, but after further evaluation, it is definitely present. Now the question is when to do it. More than likely they'll perform the surgery a couple days prior to him coming home, but there's a chance they'll have him come home first and then do outpatient surgery when his pediatrician feels the time is right.
Mom and I are really excited about this coming weekend! We get to play "house" with Colin. The hospital has a program they call "Rooming In", where they provide basically a mini-apartment that we'll stay in overnight with Colin by our side. Just the 3 of us! Of course, the nurses are right down the hallway and can get to us at the touch of a button. And he'll still be on his heart and respiratory monitors, but otherwise, we'll get a test run of taking care of him "by ourselves". We'll stay there all weekend, friday night until sunday. How exciting! So Mr. Colin is getting close to coming home. We can't wait, and neither can Colin :-)