All Better....

Our little buddy has been fighting ear infections since January. We seemed to be on antibiotics every couple of weeks. After trying to wait it out until it got warmer, they sent us to the ENT on June 1. Dr. Stewart decided that tubes were our answer and scheduled surgery for June 20. We had to go to the pediatrician twice before today's surgery. Once with an ear infection and then with a virus.

Last Friday we went in for a fever and got sent home with a nebulizer for breathing treatments for the rest of the weekend. They wanted him ready for surgery if possible. If he was still running a fever on Saturday, then there would be no surgery. Walker was not a fan of the nebulizer. He hated the mask and they gave us an attachment with a pacifier. After about 6 treatments he got the hang of it and there were only a few tears.

Luckily the breathing treatments worked and we were at the hospital at 5:30 this morning. After getting registered they sent us back to a room. Walker usually wakes up around 6:30 and he always has a sippy cup of milk along with some cartoons. We had cartoons to watch this morning, but weren't allowed to drink anything. :( He was a tired and cranky little guy. About 7:30 they came in and gave him some Tylenol and some medicine to relax him. After he took the medicine he was a little loopy. He would just giggle for no reason and he couldn't sit up by himself anymore. He headed off to surgery about 7:45 and the doctor came back in about 8:05 and said that everything went great. Apparently he loved the warm blankets in recovery so much he was in there longer than most children....they said he would open his eyes and say, "Ahhh..", and then those little eyes would close again.

They brought him back to us and he was so calm (I had been told to expect lots of tears). He immediately went for his sippy cup of water and a little juice. We were home by 10:00 and everyone took a long nap. When he woke up he was so hungry and ate everything I had for him for lunch and wanted more! All in all it was an easy experience. We hope that this will make him all better and we are ear infection free! Mama and daddy don't like their baby boy to hurt!