James in surgery today...

James has now gone into the operating room for his bone graft surgery...Pat and I are at the hospital (Stanford) while Les and now Geri are at home with D&K. James should be out in 4 hours, hopefully....

[update, 10:20am: He's out of the OR, in recovery, everything went well, faster than predicted. His surgeon came out a few minutes ago, he will be sore for a few days and on pain killers, but otherwise no complications. :) ]

Home again...

The surgery appears to have been a success, James now lacks lower wisdom teeth while gaining new front-jaw bone tissue, in preparation for eventual implants. He was in pain when I saw him in the recovery room... hadn't seen that expression in awhile, not since he was much smaller and had fallen off of his bike. patgreene and I brought him home about 45 minutes ago. He's had pain medications... has gauze in his mouth and is swollen. But seems better.

cyan_blue is currently out with the two younger kids, giving James a chance to settle in and sleep. tenacious_snail spent the night over here so Pat and I could leave at 6am with James. I really appreciate the support from both sweeties, at a stressful time. :)