Nathan's Ear Surgery

Nathan had his ear surgery done today to get ear tubes. Mom started the day bright and early at 4 a.m. Too early for me. I got ready and woke Nate up to change him and load him into the car. Then it was off to pick up grandma. The surgery center was a 40 minute drive from our house and arrived right on time at 5:40 a.m. I was ready to go back to bed. They got Nathan registered and then we hung out till they called us back to the pre-op room for his 7 a.m surgery.

There we got to watch Disney's Cars, which Nate seemed to really like. I was asked questions and then we got weighed, Nate is a little over 19lbs now. They gave him some Tylenol after taking with the anesthesiologist. I guess all he gets is a small dose with a mask. It takes about 30 seconds for him to fall asleep and the procedure was done in 10 minutes. They also gave him some other medicine (can't remember the name) to help take the edge off. The doctor said the procedure went well and he removed some opulent fluid from Nate's ears. Of course his right ear was worse and that is the ear that always got the infections.

Afterwards Nate work up and wanted him mommy. He needed a drink of juice and his binky and then he was ready to go home. Yeah, I just wanted to get out of there. He had his hands up near his ears a little in the beginning but is doing very well. He is his normal self and he help mom by taking a 2 hour nap. I got some sleep too! I asked the doctor about ear plugs and to my surprise he said "no". It seems that it doesn't prevent ear infection just because it keeps water out. He said the water alone doesn't cause ear infections and we only need ear plugs if he is swimming in a lake (contaminated water). That good to know since Nate started pulling his ear plugs out in the bath. Either way I will still be careful about the water.