8:05am Tuesday, Surgery is on

Tony and I are in the PCICU (pediatric cardiology intensive care unit) waiting room. They just took John back. It went really well this morning.
He had an ok night. His fever went up once and he didn't sleep great, but he was in fine spirits this morning. We sat with him for about an hour and a half in the pediatric surgery holding room. We had to force the Versed, but he recovered very quickly. He was loopy and relaxed when he left, and watching "Cars" on the child life specialist's portable DVD player. He was allowed to take his Bee, his dog Keats, and his new Dinoco helicopter with him.
(8:07: the child life specialist just came back and said he did great, just watching the movie.) We'll get a pager and they will update us hourly.
Everyone here has been really great. We are very thankful.
We are heading up to clear out the room where he and Tony stayed last night.
We'll post again as soon as something changes.