ByeBye Ear Infections!

On Wednesday Hudson had to have tubes put in his ears because of the amount of ear infections he has had since he was seven months old. He has already had two since fall and we had been seeing an Ear Nose and Throat Doctor for about a year and we finally decided that it was time. Of course as the day approached I was never so nervous and anxious about anything. I felt so bad for Hudson because he had no idea what was going on and I tried to explain it as best as I could.

That morning we scooped him up at 5:45am and he stayed awake the whole way to the hospital (of course!) lol. When we got there they put him in a small room at ambulatory surgery and gave him a special little outfit to wear. Here he is watching the tv they had in the room...Arthur was on! :0)

I got him that mickey mouse as a surprise and it ended up being a great idea bc he took him everywhere! I figured that in order to get him into the operating room without being sedated (bc it lasts 2 hrs and the surgery is only 15-20mins and we would just have to wait around for him to wake up) I would need to tell him something convincing! lol. We told him that the nurse was going to take him to a special room that only Hudson could see. Not mommy or daddy or grandma, just Hudson because he was special. Then the nurse told him she had a balloon inthere to blow up etc. So we really played it up.



Here he is getting ready to be wheeled into the operating room! (Mickey by his side) He never cried....he was such a big boy getting wheeled down the hall but as he was being wheeled away, I was balling my eyes out. That really is the worst feeling in the world. Having your baby wheeled away and you have no control.
One thing I learned throughout all of this is that we cannot take the littlest things for granted...here I was worrying about a short surgery that has little to recover from when there are parents out there who spend their days in and out of the hospital because their children are very sick. My heart aches to think about that. What God reminded me throughout this is to thank him for what we do have...a healthy child who can walk and talk and sing and laugh and play. Thank him for the little things.
Hudson has been doing very well, no side effects of the surgery whatsoever. He started getting a runny nose the day before which has now turned into an annoying cough but nothing to do with his ears. And now I have the peace of knowing that it wont turn into an ear infection! :0)
My birthday is tomorrow and we are going out tonight with a bunch of friends for dinner to celebrate! Then tomorrow mom is planning dinner and cake with family...actually I requested apple pies! lol. I'm sure we can still stick candles in an apple pie! :0) I am on a mission to plug away at my decorating...