"Mom, can I go home?"

Boy, how I wish the answer to that question was YES!

As many of you know, we went back into surgery yesterday for a wound "washout". Sounds a lot easier than it was. Basically they reopened his wound, cleaned the edges and removed any fluid pockets and restitched him up. Cannon was not happy about this at all, as it was another general anesthesia, intubation, etc. And another round of morphine, oxycodone, and valium. They also inserted a second drain into his skull to help remove any accumulating fluid which hopefully will help his wound to heal. It looks pretty gruesome compared to the last time but if you think that this is the 4th time his poor head has been stitched up over the past two weeks, I guess it is expected. You can see the yellow cord is the drain that helps to get rid of that extra fluid

He's still on steroids and has had his share of crabby behavior. Roid rage is real people. Geez. Of course as soon as he's done yelling at me though, he apologizes. I'm glad he realizes that he's not really being himself these days.

We had another visit from a therapy dog today - this time a golden doodle which made us both really happy. We miss our dogs, our friends and family back home. This guy, Morty, is really funny. He tried to get the remainder of Cannon's breakfast (you guessed it, bacon!) and we had to quickly snatch it from him! It really is nice to see the dogs and helps us all have a sense of normalcy for a brief second. 

PT also came by, much to Cannon's dismay. It's tough to walk the day after surgery and they were not welcome guests. But we managed to walk a bit and he's feeling a little better. I'll update a little later and hopefully show some more smiles. :) 

Grammy and Bill are visiting today - so we have some guests to entertain us which is terrific.

Thank you again for all your prayers!
XO