No longer tongue tied

It turned out that when we went in to have Andy's teeth cleaned yesterday the hygienist mentioned him being "tongue tied" and I was able to say..."That is why we had to move up his dental cleaning. He is having surgery."

I figured it was a pretty straight-forward and quick procedure, so honestly the thing I was mostly concerned about was keeping him from eating this morning (he is a very independent child and has been known to find something to eat on his own...he can even open fruit snack bags by himself).
So in the morning he came out with a big smile on his face and the two books he had picked to take to the doctor's office.
I left Doug & Josie at home with Jim and whisked Andy away to distraction.
We:

• Drove down a road he had been asking about
• Drove past a construction site with lots of big machines
• Went to the new fire station and found someone to take us on a tour (the firefighter put on his gear, Andy got to sit in the driver's seat of the truck...I thought Andy would never stop grinning)
• Went down and hung out by the river
• Went to the library and turned in our reading lists, checked out some DVDs and some books (which was a lot easier with one child rather than three children)
• Went and looked at a paddle boat

After two hours it was finally time to be at the oral surgeon's office. Andy didn't ask to eat at all.
We went in and within 20 minutes we had checked in and they had put him to sleep.
Less than 30 minutes later a lady came out their out patient door and placed him in my car and we were headed home.
He got a little upset on the way home and really would not talk for the next 60-90 minutes. I think his mouth was still numb and that is just not something he is used to.
Then, after I had coaxed him into eating a little bit and we had watched some of the DVDs from the library, we started watching the DVD about big machines that he had picked out.
Next thing I know he had hauled his big bin of construction toys upstairs and suddenly he was back to normal.
We stuck with soft foods the rest of the day (raman for my noodle boy, frozen yogurt, etc.) but I suspect that tomorrow will be basically normal. The only time he mentioned pain was when we were trying to see under his tongue. So now we just have to finish the antibiotic and not ask him to raise his tongue for awhile. The stitches should dissolve in 7-10 days.