Ah, you all are making me teary eyed. Such wonderful friends as you are such blessings. Good vibes all around. :-)

Spaw, I know what you mean, it's hard for me to think of them as young men even though my daughter tells me they are as tall as her at 5 foot seven and people tease her about them being her bodyguards. They are into men's sized clothing and she's something still like a size 6 or eight I think.LOL

She called about six o'clock Mudcat time and, oh, the resilience of youth! Akira was sitting up in bed playing video games with his brother. The IV is off, but the pain killer has not worn off from surgery yet. That's what they'll be watching tonight to see what kind of pain medication he'll need to go home. right now of course he's feeling no pain, but the doctor, of course, said he would. And they will of course treat it. I guess they had to do quite a bit of scraping around in there, but the doctor assured her that it was all benign. Phew!

Kirsten and Elijah will be staying in a hospital room just a couple of doors away from Akira and have had showers, put on their jammies, brushed their teeth and will have an early night turn in. I am glad they can stay so close by. The Ronald McDonald house is two or three blocks away which probably would have been fine, but it's just better all round for them to be right there.

Thank you all again so very much. You are very dear to me as are my grandsons and, my children, of course.

luvyakat