Tubes...

Well yesterday was the big day!  Colton officially has tubes in his ears, and I couldn't more excited!  I hope this keeps ear infections at bay and that we can move past the last couple of months.  Everything went great with the surgery and his recovery.

We got to the surgical center at 6:30am to finish filling out paperwork.  Must admit I read every inch of that paperwork!  When I have medical paperwork to fill out on myself, I skim it and initial/sign where they tell me to.  Not yesterday, yesterday I read every square inch and every word on those papers; I wanted to know exactly what I was signing for him.  What was I promising not to make them liable for, what exactly are all the possible side effect/reactions, everything!  After everything was signed, they took us back to do his vitals.  It was funny, they took his weight (a whooping 22.8lbs!), Kyle picked him up and the nurse looked up and says 'Oh my God' starts laughing and says 'You are definitely your daddy's baby!'  It's always funny to see people's reactions when they realize how much Kyle and Colton look alike :)  Anyway, then we had all the 'talks' with the nurses, ENT doctor, and anesthesiologist about the procedure and what to expect afterwards.  The nurse came and took Colton from us, which was super hard on mommy, and we went back to the consult room to wait for them to come get us afterwards.  I sat down, looked at the clock on my phone, it was 7:43am.  A little bit later the ENT doctor comes in and tells us how surgery went. He walked out, I looked at my clock again, it was 7:50am.  You read that right...7:50am! The entire thing took less than 10 minutes!  They then came back, got us, and took us to Colton's bedside so we could wait for him to wake up.  It took a few minutes, but when he came out of the sleep he jolted and woke up.  He was a little disoriented, groggy, and fussy.  I picked him up, gave him a bottle of juice, and talked to him; he calmed right down.  The nurse said he must be a great baby because most come out of the sleep crying and are hard to console...nope not my trooper he rocked it!  We had to wait for them to release him, that wait was actually longer than the actual procedure.  After we were released, we loaded up and head home.  By the time we got home the anesthesia had completely wore off and he went right to playing with his toys!  They had said he would maybe be groggy or cranky in the morning, but by afternoon would be back to normal, and he was back to normal within a couple hours of surgery.  He is such a big boy and trooper.  Mommy and Daddy were so proud!

Momma I can't find anything to play with...

ENT Appointment...

Monday we had Colton's appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.  He  has an elevated flat line of hearing due to fluid in both ears.  The doctor said he can hear, but it would be the equivalent to us having our head under the water listening to someone talk.  He is a prime candidate for tubes, so we are going March 27th to get tubes put in his ears.  I knew we would mostly need to get tube for him, but the nervousness didn't set in until I actually made the appointment.  Now I'm a little nervous about him going under the anesthesia, not so much the actual procedure.  The procedure itself only take 10-15 minutes for both ears, but he will be under for about 30-45 minutes.  I know they do it all the time, it just scares me.  Mom said it is scarey anytime your child goes under or has something done to them, so that made me feel a little better.  I think I will feel best when he's home after surgery :) 

Got a Referral

We ended back at the doctor yesterday for what we thought was an ear infection starting.  The Dr said his ear was a little red, but not infected yet; he also said he wouldn't be surprised if it turned into one because he has a cold, so just call if it does and he will call in some meds.  While at the appointment, he told us if he does get another he would refer us to an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist.  I told him I would rather go to a specialist now to get it checked out instead of waiting.  That way we would know if it is something that could be fixed with tubes or if Colton's body is just resistant to certain antibiotics.  So he put in a referral for us, super excited!! :)  Hopefully the specialist can tell us something and we can get his ears all straightened out.