Jenks Family

Justin had a little minor surgery on his head today. He has had a bump growing and growing for several years now. We had it cut off about 4 years ago and then again 2 years ago and again today. If they don't cut it all out, then it will grow back again. The problem is that everything looks like fat so, you can't tell the growth from the not-growth. If you are already getting squeemish, then here is your warning: don't read any further!

The kids all wanted to watch the dr. cut it out so when we had waited 45 minutes for the dr. to come in, I went out to the waiting room and got them. They all crowded around, across the table from the dr. and watched as he numbed up Justin's skin and then cut into the scalp. Kale was really the only one who watched from beginning to end. The rest of them would wander away for a second and then come back. It was kind of fun to watch him cut and pull at that thing that has plagued Justin's hairline for so long. The dr. thought it was a wart of some sort (no, the dr. wasn't Dr. Suess). Of course they'll send it off to be sure. The best part of all was the cut artery that squirted blood with every beat of Justin's heart. The dr. lifted the gauze long enough for all the kids to see a couple of good pulses and then he clamped it down and tied it up into the stitches. There were 4 stitches. Lots of fun!

After that, we went over to Justin's mom's house where we met her new husband. If you hadn't heard, she got married 3 weeks ago. None of us have ever met him so this was our chance. The kids were excited. So, we went for dinner. He seemed nice enough and we had a good time getting to know him a little bit. We are having lunch together tomorrow and then they are coming to our family New Year's Eve party on Thursday. After that, we won't see them again until March, maybe.