Tubes

After what seemed liked a forever long waiting game, Sutton finally got tubes yesterday. I'll try to summarize the story as simply as possible.

Back in March we took the boys to the Baby and Kids Expo where they were doing free ear screenings. I opted to have their ears checked and fluid was discovered in Sutton's ears. We went back a month later to have them re-checked and the ENT seemed to think he should gets tubes put in. We agreed to the procedure, but when I met with Sutton's pediatrician at the pre-op he thought we were jumping the gun a bit. I was happy he said that because I felt sort of funny about it too, but figured the ENT knew what he was talking about. We pushed it off another month and a few weeks ago he still had the fluid.

With concerns for what the fluid might be doing to his hearing and possible speech delays everyone agreed it was a good idea to get the tubes put in for sure. We were hoping maybe he would start talking more and stop all the cave man grunting and 'roid rages. He tends to get easily upset (a huge personality change considering we used to call him our resident pot head) which results in toys being thrown across the room and lots of screaming. We can only assume that he does this out of frustration because he can't always tell us what he wants or needs.

Well surgery came and went and, so far, he hasn't been phased. When I went back to see him afterwards he was a little fussy, but nothing some apple juice and food couldn't cure! By the time we got home he was running around and playing just like usual. We'll see what the next few days bring. I'm hoping to at least get a few more words strung together so I can at least prevent a few more toys from being hurled through the air like rocket propelled grenades!

I wish I had pictures to post of him on surgery day, but they are all on Kyle's phone. He looked so cute in the little gown with his chubby little legs! So we'll have to settle for a picture that shows what his face usually looks like just before he gets upset. :)