woohoo! little odin did so well over the night after his inguinal hernia surgery that they decided early in the morning that we could leave as soon as we were ready.

after they removed the intravenous line ( you can see the mark on his right arm where the IV was placed ) and before we put his monitor back on, i decided to snap a quick picture of him without any wires. the IV has made him a little puffy, but i thought at the time how big he seems to be getting. later in the day at our pediatric appointment, i'd be suprised to find out just how much weight he has been gaining of late.

after his home monitor was attached and we bundled him in his car seat, i got wierdly sentimental at the thought that we hopefully might not see the pediatric ward ever again.

we had a busy day today; after getting released from the hospital, we had a few hours to relax before trekking off to our pediatric doctor's office where we were quite surprised to find that he gained almost a pound since his last peds appointment! that's right, he flew past the 6 pound mark and tipped the scales at 6 pounds 10.5 ounces or just over 3 kilos! the nurse's jaw just about hit the floor when she saw the scale lcd screen.

some of the weight gain is due to water retension related to his hernia surgery, but it's likely that most of it is real. before his surgery they weighed him and found that he was a burly 6 pounds 5 ounces and that was after not eating for 8 hours. i'd guess that he's "really" somewhere between the two numbers, which is stupendously good news.

the pediatrician couldn't stop remarking about how good he looked, which instantly turned us into proud, beaming parents.