Spot Removal: The Final Chapter

Leo is home. The operation yesterday went well, although Leo lost a little more blood than the surgeon would have liked. For a while, we weren't sure if he'd have to stay overnight in the hospital for observation, but the blood test came back with a good enough result that they released him.

We took him back to the surgeon today for removal of the surgical drain and the dressing. Leo screamed bloody murder during the removal, although he was happy to go up and down on the elevator. His back looks great, too: the giant mole is all gone. He will of course have big scars from the incisions, but there's no way to tell now just how bad they will be.

He's uncomfortable. We have Tylenol with codeine syrup, as before, but it tastes really foul, and we can't get it into him. The one time we were able to, we had to pour a dose over a slice of leftover birthday cake and, in addition, put an M&M on each forkful.

Lauren and I are really getting on each others' nerves.