Post Op Day 3-4

Hyrum woke up with his personality in full force. Making jokes and laughing.

We decided to head down the coast. We had permission to go down the Interstate. But Hyrum has a hard time with mountains anyways. We also had the time, so off we went down hwy 1. Hyrum sang pretty much the entire time. 

We also came across a beach with Sea Lions. Hyrum loved watching them and decided that there was 200 of them. 

We found a small picnic area for lunch and then found a Carl's Jr for a late lunch. 

After that we got a bit done. But moved on until we got to "Uncle James" house. We had a great dinner and another sleepless night. You don't realize how your kids sleep until they aren't allowed to sleep a certain way. This for Hyrum means he cannot sleep on his right side. Hyrum is still struggling with urinating without pain meds. We will be addressing this tomorrow at his first check up.

Hyrum had a gift waiting for him from Miss Farley (who is now Mrs Majoue). He loved his gift, but was sad for just a minute thinking about her, but the gift was priceless and he told me "mom, my book makes me feel safe"

It is amazing how often this little guy rolls. We have been given strict instructions that he can not sleep on his new ear. So due to John getting a cold, that has meant that Hyrum and I have shared the bed and John has gotten the air mattress. Hyrum does great until 2-3 am when his little body is determined to "trade sides". After a little while of fighting him, I have just grabbed him to me and held him tight for the rest of the night or until he calms down about 6 am. John's cold has been getting better and with all 3 of us on air mattresses, we put him in the middle and tag teamed him a bit better. 

During Primary, a little boy in Hyrums class kept touching him and asking Hyrum questions. The teacher finally had to separate the two boys, thinking she was protecting Hyrum as it is only obvious that Hyrum has had surgery and very recently. John and I traded back and forth as Hyrum was nervous about being in a crowd. The primary was practicing for their program and stayed in the primary room.  I watched the teacher separate the two boys. After church I met back up with John and Hyrum. I learned that the little boy was heading into thyroid surgery himself in the next couple of weeks and was very scared. He was asking questions like: does your ear hurt, does it hurt where they cut you, and does it hurt when they put you to sleep. Hyrum was very positive in his answers and the little boy knew that Hyrum knew the answers and that he would be ok. Hyrum was able to calm him down and assure him that he would be ok. I think Hyrum was an answer to another little boys prayers. 

After church we went to a park and John and Hyrum went for a walk with James, while I curled up on a blanket and took a nap to recoup from the loss of sleep the last few nights. 

They had a good time climbing the mountain, but was ready to veg in air conditioning when he got done.