Tubes

Poor John Henry is just like his mother.  At least when it comes to ear problems.  After more ear infections than we care to remember, we visited an ENT and decided to have tubes put in John Henry's ears.  It was a very fast process.  We saw the ENT one week and had the surgery the following week.  John Henry had stopped responding to the antibiotics and was no longer able to sleep at night.  Jay was pretty anxious about the procedure.  I wasn't really worried, although that may have something to due with the fact that I had to have tubes when I was young. 

The morning of the procedure we got lost (in the medical complex) and had to ask directions from four different people.  Even though we were late, we were still able to make our 8 AM surgery time.  Before the surgery John Henry changed into his surgery gown.  Seeing him in the little gown was sad and cute at the same time.

The surgery literally took 10 minutes.  Before I had time to drink my coffee they wheeled him back to us.  Here he is still knocked out from the anesthesia.  Like the surgery, the anesthesia didn't last long and he was a crazy man until he realized who we were and what was going on. 

By the time we made it home John Henry was back to his normal self.  He was happy, running around, begging for food, and having a great time.  Apart from the surgery, he had a great day ditching day care and playing with his parents.  We finished the day by visiting our favorite park and then eating at our favorite Mexican restaurant. 

So far so good.  Fingers crossed that the surgery worked and we are in the clear.