Week 2 of letters

From 6/16/08: "Hi all! Not much to tell this week, other than Xavier's cataract surgery, the one for his right eye. It went really well. He sailed through it, and woke up and drank some bottle not long after he was out. That's something the hospital insists the kids do after they get out of surgery, eat something and keep it down, before they'll release them. He slicked down about 2 oz of glucose water in a about 1/2 an hour, and was good to go! I don't wonder the poor little guy was so hungry: He wasn't allowed to eat anything after 9:45 am, and his surgery didn't happen until early afternoon - I want to say around 2 or 3, but I'm not sure exactly when it was. (I kind of lost track of the time.) It was scheduled for 11:15, but they were running behind. He slept for 3-ish hours while we were waiting, so he didn't suffer with a growling tummy for too long. I was glad he drank so much so quickly, because last time (after his tear duct probe), he slept for a long time, and didn't want to wake up and eat. Because of that, I offered him food a little more aggressively this time. I hope everything goes well this Thursday, when they do his left eye! They are going to fit him for glasses after his surgery on Thursday! They said contacts would probably eventually be his better bet, but they're trying this first. Eventually, they said they may be able to implant artificial lenses in his eyes, when he gets bigger.

"Check out these pictures from our trip! Oh, also see the picture of our (my family's) stay in Lava in March! (TJ was already gone to work when the photo below was taken)

(This was our view from the cabin!)

(This is where Xavier first swam!)

"Happy Father's Day to those dads I didn't talk to! Xavier gave TJ a Pirates of the Caribbean pocket watch with a picture of him with his eye patch in it, and I gave him a couple A Perfect Circle cds and a remote controlled Batman Begins car. He seemed pleased with them! Well, that's it for now! Talk to you soon!"