Pete's surgery went well. The doctor estimated at the most that the surgery would take an hour, but it only took about 20-30 minutes and two hours in recovery. The doctor came out to speak with me while Pete was in recovery. After a very thorough exam he said the cause was an inflamed hemorrhoid, which then led to the abscess. The abscess itself wasn't very big but very infected. The doctor had to remove a little bit of muscle tissue. Pete will be very sore for awhile. He obviously has to take it easy and take plenty of short baths to soak the area. I asked the doctor if he checked to make sure there wasn't anything else wrong with his colon; he said he took 'samples to test' (sorry, I don't remember the exact doctor lingo he used, but you get the idea). Pete will have a post-op appointment sometime next week. I'll post later on how that appointment goes. Thanks for all the prayers!
Kristjan was such a good boy during the entire 6 hours we spent at the hospital (Clifford had school, then went over to a friends house to play)
Goofing around before being wheeled out for his surgery. At least through all of this Pete never lost his sense of humor!
After surgery and spending time in the recovery room
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