Tubes

On Thursday morning we dropped Casey off with Ms. Amy and Isaac and headed to the Children's surgicenter for Caleb to get tubes in his ears. The purpose of placing the tubes in Caleb's ears would be so the fluid would be able to drain so he could hear better and that bacteria wouldn't grow in his ears and cause so many infections.

When we arrived we had to wait in the waiting area for awhile. Caleb kept himself entertained by playing with puzzles and some other little ones who were waiting for their procedures. He was in really good spirits considering he was not able to have any food or drink that morning.

After being put in our little waiting room we dressed Caleb in his cute purple gown. I think he liked it!

We had brief conversations with Dr. Martin as well as the anaesthesiologist. Then the nurse brought a little cup of silly juice for Caleb to drink. It was tylenol mixed with another type of drug that made him well...high. The point was so that he wouldn't remember being taken away from us. He was a totally different child. You can see the progression of stages below...

The surgery itself only took 5-10 minutes. The doctor came to talk to us right away. He shared that there was a glue like substance around his eardrums so he probably wasn't hearing very well. It reassured us that we made the right decision to have the tubes put in. We were in and out in under 2 hours.

Since Thursday Caleb has been so happy and has really started to speak more. Today he called me ma ma instead of da da for the first time! Yeah for tubes!