Oliver has been off of oxygen for more than a year. When we walked into the hospital for Oliver’s Mickey to be placed in March of 2009, he was on oxygen. We walked out after his surgery with no tanks. Three days at the hospital with constant monitering of his stats, we felt sure that he longer needed the extra help. We had not seen Dr. Cornfield (his pulmanary doc)since an appt in early 2009. So we went to get an update from him. Our appt was full of surprises. First of all, I saw Dr. C in a completely different light. He was extremely patient with Oliver who was nervous and scared to be there. He was crying and saying no over and over again. He would throw in “Outside?” once in a while too. Dr. C just said hi, and Oli said “No”!, so doc walked out of the room. Me and his asst just looked at each other after a while, he was gone for a couple of minutes. Eventually he came back in with 2 lollypops. He asked Oli, do you like lollypops- which of course he said NO, well doc just said Oh I do, as he unwrapped his lolly and sat down to suck on it. We sat down too. At first doc just sat there enjoying his lolly and looking at Oli. Oliver just kept saying No once in a while. Doc C would say, do you like alligaters? No- Oh, I have one. Do you like lambs? No- Oh, I have one and it actually knot me this sweater. Do you know the sound an owl makes? No. Do you have dogs? No. Does grandma take you for walks? No. Does she play with you? No. Doc was so calm, I just started laughing at some of the jokes and eventually after 5 min or so Oli stopped saying no and actually answered yes a couple of times. He was able to listen to Olivers lungs for a long time. He said Oli is doing great. (DUH)! He also said that if Oli wanted to be a swimmer, a sprinter he would have no lung issues. He said his body and lungs have recovered from the surgery and tissue has rebuilt it self. It was all wonderful news. Oliver gave him several knuckles and high fives before leaving with a handful of stickers and a lollypop which he finally accepted.