Ear Tubes Day

Eli had a bummer of a way to spend his St. Patrick's Day. He had an appointment at Texas Children's Hospital in downtown Houston at 7am to get tubes placed in his ears. Actually, he had an appointment at 9am, but we had to be there at 7 for prep and just in case we got to start the surgery earlier.

So all in all, Eli's day started at 5:30am. He is just like his momma, hates early mornings! I woke him up early so he could drink some sprite or water before our 6am deadline. Momma, Daddy, Nanna, and Eli were all out the door and in the car by 6am.

Sure enough, the docs had an opening at 8:30am and started Eli's surgery. Eli did very well in the surgery and was done in less than 15 minutes. The hardest part was handing Eli off to the doctor and nurses for them to take him back to put him under and do the procedure. What a scary thing for a momma to do! I wanted to be there by his side in case something went wrong! Of course, they prep you with all the horrible scenarios that could happen...so it makes things worse! In the end, Eli did great and was in recovery soon. He must have thought it was my fault because he only wanted Daddy and Nanna in recovery. He threw a fit when I held him and reached for Daddy. The nurse told me that once he settled down and drank some juice, we could go home. So out I went and in came Nanna so we could get him settled.

He slept the whole way home and snuggled in Nanna's arms for a couple hours when we got home. Then as the nurses described... wahla! a new kid appeared! Eli was a new man and all over the place, dancing, and singing, and being a hoot!

Eli is doing well and we hope the tubes work their magic and end our bouts of ear infections.

Little man Eli in his hospital pj's and acting silly!

This was the look we received when we asked for Momma's phone back....

He was in such good spirits that he even vacuumed the living room!