Tubes, finally!

We, Ben and I, started our morning at 4:04am. If I could have nursed Ben I am sure we both could have got at least 1 1/2 hours more sleep but Ben was under strict orders to not eat after 4am. I know, it was only 4 minutes but I was not risking him not having the surgery so no nursing. Instead we went down stairs, did a breathing treatment and watched Yo Gabba Gabba. Ben fell back to sleep for a little while and I got ready for our day.
The day we have been waiting for was finally here and Ben was healthy enough for the surgery!

So off we went, Chris, Ben and I... We got to watch the sunrise as we drove to the hospital.

When we arrived we got checked in and my jammied Ben played in the waiting room...

Then we were brought back and Ben put on his tiger gown. Quite fitting since I often call him "my little tiger" because he bites everything and everyone just like a little tiger would.

Daddy held him up on the window sill to see everything going on outside....
Then the nurse put on his name "anklet", which Ben tried with everything to get off...

Until finally I put on his hospital socks so he could no longer see it. Out of sight out of mind.

Then Ben ventured off. Walking up and down the hallway, enjoying all the attention from the many nurses and doctors. And, I will tell you, he got a lot of attention from everyone that saw him! But, seriously, who wouldn't pay attention to this adorable little baby walking around in a tiger hospital gown, bright yellow hospital socks, all the while exposing his diaper butt for all to see?

After a long wait it was Ben's turn. He was hungry and getting pretty cranky by now so it was a good thing it was finally time!

Daddy got all ready to go into the OR with Ben and off they went. Chris was able to stay with him until he fell asleep. (The first time we did this with Connor I went back and it was just way to hard for me so Chris does this part.)

And I watched my husband carry my baby boy through these doors... This is when my heart rate picked up and my stomach was a jumbled mess!

Dr. Lee came out into the waiting room to let us know how everything went. It all went smooth. The only thing that didn't go as planned was that he did not get his adenoids taken out. He was going to but they couldn't safely intubate Ben. The tube would slip too low and go into his right lung or too high and not do what it should have been doing. They tried but the risk just wasn't worth it so they decided not to take the adenoids out. That's ok with me, the tubes were the most important thing at this point anyway.

As for his ears, Dr Lee said they didn't look good at all. After many weeks of antibiotics they were still infected and the left one especially was filled with puss and infection. The tubes were very necessary to say the least.

We will keep him on the oral antibiotics and do 5 days of antibiotic drops to help them clear up. I hope and pray that when we go in for his post-op visit we will hear that they look so much better!

After a long wait my baby was back in his Mommy's arms. It really wasn't that long considering, only about 40 minutes, some parents have to wait many, many hours. But, 40 minutes, to me, was so long!

It was hard for Ben to wake up, normal really, but hard. He cried, nursed, cried, nursed, cried, and fell asleep on my chest.


So, my little guys adorable ears don't look so adorable at the moment but we are thrilled that we were able to finally get some tubes put in!!!