Ulli

So J has to have an operation on his toe next week to deal with an ingrown toenail. Although it's a minor procedure, it will require general anesthesia, and he's been fretting about it all day, as my wife informs me. She suggested we try to find a German video on anesthesia and children, so we did. J watched it with rapt attention and it seemed to comfort him. Then K additionally suggested one of the puppets ask him about it. Wow, the floodgates opened: "Ja, ich musste heute zum Arzt. Ich muss nächste Woche eine Operation, der Zehnagel ist ein bisschen zu breit gewachsen und er muss das beschneiden. Er muss die Nagelwurzel töten. Sie müssen mich schlafen lassen."

Ulli told him that he and Sabine and other puppets will come and watch over him while he sleeps.