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We are back home from Sam's sclerotherapy procedure. Everything has gone better than expected so far.

He had his MRI early Tuesday morning. He was in good spirits right even as he left with the anestesthiologist (my spelling).

We came into the recovery area about an hour later and he had just arrived. He was agitated and hungry but otherwise was fine. It took about an hour for him to calm down.

We drove back in to Childrens in the snow and freezing rain Wednesday. There was about 5 inches of snow from an overnight storm.

He went into the OR right on time at 9:00, after the pre-op meetings with a nurse practictioner, the anesthiologist (same as Tuesday), and Dr Alomeri and his team. They took some "before" photos. We also took photos - I will post them later.

Sam came out of the OR and into recovery around 12:30. He was asleep when we were admitted to recovery. He had been awake and received some morphine for the pain from the doxycycline, and went back to sleep after the pain killer. He started opening his eyes about an hour later.

He was in much better spirits coming out of the procedure than he was with the MRI the day before. The breathing tube had been removed before he was brought into recovery, so they decided to keep him for observation for 4 hours instead of admitting him for an overnight stay. All went well, so we were told we could take him home after 3:30.

He has a gauze bandage on his cheek and the side of his neck. We will clean and change the dressing today, but if it looks good it will be removed Friday.

We got a prescription for codeine with Tylenol for pain. We gave him a dose yesterday and he slept well in the evening and again at night. He seems to be back on his regular feeding schedule, as he was up around 1:30 AM!

Jim and Ellie dropped by with Henry around 6:30. They took Henry home with them for another overnight. He likes to sleep in the bed with us and Sam. Better to give Sam a quiet night to recover!

Will post photos and more updates when I can.