Frenulectomy . . . What's that???

AJ had his surgery (or as Mike likes to call it - "oral procedure") yesterday morning and it went great! (By the way, a frenulectomy is clipping of the tongue.) He was tired from having me wake him up so early but laid back and watched cartoons while we waited in pre-op. When we were taken back to the holding area, he decided to have the patience of a two year old (and we all know that isn't long at all). The anesthetist gave him a mask to play with and a heavy duty dose of sedative with the hopes of not having to have to put him under all of the way but it didn't do anything more than make him a little drunk for a little while. Anyway, they took him back to the OR and gave him a little gas and then the snip of the tongue and it was over. The worst part of it was that he was like a different child when he came out of the anesthesia - we needed and exorcist! I have never seen such a violent child but from what I understand kids are like that sometimes after being put under. That lasted for about 20 minutes and then he was sweet and cuddly AJ again. He had some juice, popsicles and another movie to watch and then we got to go home. He never acted like he was in pain - just tired. He did great! The speech therapist told us today that his tongue looks great and thinks that this will help with his speech greatly. Now we get to work on tongue exercises - never thought I would be working on that area of the body!

Thought I would throw in this picture that we just had taken!