just a darned exam

it was approaching little everton's thumb surgery.  i kept looking at his little extra digit knowing it was gonna be gone.  i even started getting a little sad knowing it wasn't going to be a part of him anymore.  the day before his surgery date primary children's hospital called confirming his appt.  i said "yup we'll be there.  question though, how long is the procedure gonna take?"
and they said, "oh, he's just coming in for an EXAM."
WHAT?!?!?!
the lady then proceeded to tell me that they need to take some x-rays and check out his thumb before they did the surgery.
i was pretty annoyed.  i could've sworn they said they were gonna do the surgery when i first made the appt back in may.  also brett took this whole week off so he could help me out with his recovery. and i was also psyching myself up for this day!  i've been getting nervous and worried and it was all for nothing.  i just wanted to get it over with.
thinking about it though, i guess i was pretty dumb thinking they were gonna go right in cutting off his finger without taking a look at it or take some x-rays.
ohhhhhh well.  we went to SLC to the hospital and waited in the packed orthopedics waiting room full of sweet little kids, all of them had their arms or legs in a cast.  it was so sad.
they took some x-rays of little E's thumb and the doc checked out his thumb and told us they usually do surgeries like this at around 6 months to a year old because that's usually when babies can handle the anesthesia...
so the ACTUAL surgery is set for october.
kid gets to keep that extra thumb...
...for now...