Tuesday AM

WOW we're actually here again~somethings are different, but LOTS are the same! We left Discovery Bay at 5:15am, and while Tanner still slept we zoomed through the morning commute. We arrived here at UCSF at 6:30am, checked in, and came up to 7th floor, North. Tanner was SUPER! He carried his new Lightening McQueen book (thanks Sepie!) and did very well. We were met with a nurse who said we looked familiar...she did to us too! Made us feel good. Joan from Child Life came and "role-played" with a doll and Tanner. He was shy at first...but as everyone "marched" through (nurses, doctors, child life, nursing students...) there was a point where it was just us three, and Tanner turned to me and said, "Where is everybody?" SO CUTE! He took his sleepy medicine, but couldn't chew the benedyl...they're going to give it through the IV during the Cath procedure. Everyone was impressed at how well he did as they poked him again and again trying to get the IV started (first they put cream on his hands to numb them) Mark and I left him loopy...he was counting fish on the ceiling...walked to Starbucks across the street and are now waiting for the procedure to be done. Should be a few hours ... the cardiologist already let us know things are going great!