Tubes

My son got tubes in his ears today. He has had 8-10 ear infections (currently has one), his right ear drum has ruptured 4-5 times and his left has ruptured once. He also has (or hopefully now had) hearing loss of 10-20 decibels. The doctor said the fluid had been in his ears so long it had congealed and would never had healed on its own. They said it was unusual to do this surgery during the summer since most kids don't get ear infections at this time of year. I was very nervous and scarred for him to have go through this. We arrived at the hospital at 6, he was operated on a little after 7:30 and he was brought to us by 7:50. He was crying when he first woke up then he fell asleep in his father's arms for about 30 minutes. When he woke up we gave him juice and then crackers. He was smiling and happy like nothing had happened. It was not at all what I expected. He doesn't seem to be in pain either. I am glad it went so well and that he will hopefully be able to hear better. We have to go back in about 10 days for a checkup but I'm confident it will go well.

In other news, my son is now in the next room at daycare full time. He loves it there. They do arts and crafts everyday, have a music program, and teach them a lot more stuff. The teacher is so nice. I really like her. I feel like my son will learn so much more there. I even got to see him sleeping on a cot. It amazes me how kids less than 18 months all sleep on these little cots without walking all around.

His new thing he does is "talk" on the phone. He uses his play phones and our phones to put them at his ear and pretend to have a conversation. I love it. He really is growing so fast.