I am grateful to report that Jed came through his surgery this morning with flying colors. In case you hadn't heard or had forgotten since reading previous entries, Jed had his frenulum clipped, or a frenectomy. That little string of tissue under his tongue was a wee bit tight and may have been contributing to his speech difficulties and slooooowness in eating. Anyway, he had it cut this morning at the Elliot 1-day outpatient surgery center. I was very impressed with the doctors and nurses and their way with children. They took excellent care of Jed and made him feel at ease.

As far as recovery goes, his has to be about the quickest recovery in the history of surgery. He was groggy when he came out of the operating room and said his tongue hurt and felt funny (they numbed it), but by this afternoon he was back to his rambunctious self and bouncing off the walls. (I rather miss the quiet little boy who snuggled in my lap this morning.) He hasn't needed any of the Tylenol with codeine we picked up at the pharmacy and was even asking for toast at lunchtime, which seems like a rather scratchy food but didn't bother him one bit.

So thank you all for your prayers and concern! We're very grateful for the Lord's hand on Jed and for blessing the whole procedure. We are now free to pursue speech therapy and finally get him some help in making himself understood.