We had our bags packed for the hospital the night before, with the exception of Trevor's favorite moose and blanket. When we woke Trev up yesterday morning we grabbed his blanket and him and headed out the door. We were about 20 minutes away and realized WE FORGOT THE MOOSE!! We decided not to say anything to Trevor as we didn't have time to go back home, or so we thought. We ended up at Children's 40 minutes early as there was no traffic. Hard to believe, I know :) We drove around for awhile before heading into Childrens. We finally decided to head in early as our nerves couldn't take it anymore. Trevor was so excited to spend the night in the hospital! (Trev woke up at 3:30 asking if it was time to leave for the hospital :) We told him no and to go back to sleep and we would wake him when it was time to go.)
We got to check in and the nurse asked us lots of questions and had us sign lots of release forms. Then she looks at Trevor and smiles and asks him if he has a favorite stuffed animal or blanket he is taking with him. He is smiling ear to ear when he looks at me and says "yes". I then had to look him in the eyes and explain that we forgot the moose and mommy and daddy made a mistake and his moose would be waiting at home for him when he was home from the hospital. Instantly he went from happy and excited for his hospital stay to crying and not wanting to listen. The nurse tried to give him another stuffed animal but it was not his moose! He declined all other toys. I took him away from everyone and told him not to worry that either mommy or daddy would go home and get his moose and it would be there when he woke up. He was happy with that idea. So at 7am Scott decided he would go home and get the moose. Trevor's surgery was at 8:30. Scott made it back to the hospital around 9:30. We got the id band on the moose ran him back to the pre op room and told the nurses he needed to get to surgery with Trevor. How did we ever forget his most precious moose?
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