Jack has officially recovered 100% from his first (and hopefully last) surgery. His ear tube procedure went off without a hitch and I managed to not cause a complete scene at the hospital. I did manage to threaten the anesthesiologist but he's probably used to psychotic mothers.
He was admitted at 6:30am and we hung out in his room and watched Elmo DVDs and met all the doctors and nurses. He hammed it up and waved to all the nurses walking by his room. The surgical nurse arrived promptly at 7:30 to take him back to the OR. I was doing great up until this point, when he beamed a huge grin at me over her shoulder as they walked away. I lost it for a few minutes, but a nurse came out just a few minutes later to tell us they had started and everything was going great. We were only in the waiting room for about 20 minutes (felt like 20 hours) when the doctor came out and escorted us into recovery. Jack was awake but completely out of it. I've never been under general anesthesia so I have no idea how he felt. I knew he was going to be just fine when Johnny managed to get a half-grin out of him. We were discharged at 8:45 home by 9:15!
We have a post-op appointment in two weeks where the doctor will let me look in his ears and show me the tubes. They'll also check to make sure they've healed ok and that the fluid buildup is gone. Hopefully ear infections are a thing of our past. I'd even settle for one every now and then. But this whole two-a-month thing has got to stop.
Just a quick post for this week - but keep an eye out for Monday. I'm testing out a new cookie recipe over the weekend and will report back. You won't want to miss this one, it's a doozie :)
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