Surgery in the morning

Mr. Eli is having his adenoids out in the morning and getting tubes in his ears. The last few days have been a little crazy, getting things at the grocery store and making sure the house is clean and the laundry done (don't want to do this when we get home). Friday afternoon we went to the hospital for pre-op stuff and he kept asking if he was getting a shot. Poor little guy. We keep telling him the doctor is going to put little bitty tubes in his ears so that he can hear better and not have any yucky ear infections. He seems okay with this explanation, we will see how tomorrow morning goes, I think he will be fine (mom has some anxiety) we will be with him up until they walk through the door for the procedure. It only takes about thirty minutes and then recovery for a little while and we can come home. His surgery is at 7:45 and we have to be there at 6:15, so it is going to be a very long day tomorrow. I will let everyone know how it went, maybe tomorrow, if not I will on Tuesday.

Surgery in our future

In less than two weeks, January 12th, Eli will be having surgery. Prayers please. After we loaded up the boys in separate cars this afternoon, I took Eli to the Ear Nose & Throat doctor, Doug brought Nic home for his nap. When you push and push your pediatrician to do something about the constant ear infections after two years it was time for a change. We decided to switch pediatricians last month and our new one immediately referred him to the ENT. When we arrived Eli had to do a few tests with the audiologists and when you are setting there watching your child take a hearing test and notice he isn't hearing some of the beeps and whistles your heart starts to sink a little. We go back out to the waiting room and I call Doug and tell him and we wait to see the doctor. Next is the doctor and he tells me what I have already figured out Eli doesn't hear very well in his right ear (because of fluid build up) and in his left he hears perfectly. We have noticed he has been talking a little louder and now we know why, he can't hear as well in one ear. The solution is to take out his adenoids and put tubes in his ears and this will fix the problem. So early on the 12th we will take Eli in for a simple surgery that is supposed to take about 30 minutes and be able to bring home later that morning. Just thinking about it makes my stomach knot up but it is the right thing to do and what he needs to get rid of these pesky ear infections. Sometimes you just have to follow your parental instincts and do what you think is best even when your doctor doesn't agree with you.