As most of you know Mac had jaw surgery over the Christmas holidays. They removed a section from each side of the bottom jaw to make make it smaller, broke his upper jaw into three pieces to spread them out, removed his wisdom teeth and fixed a deviated septum.

He couldn't open his mouth at all the first week and had a plastic brace wired to his upper jaw for another four weeks. He was on a liquid diet for the entire five weeks and lost enough weight to have to take up his belt three holes.

The worst part is over. He can eat again. His braces will come off as soon as his teeth are in the right position for the new bite. We expect that to happen in May if not before.

Here are some before and after pictures for you to compare. He still looks like Mac ... just a little different.