Surgery

3 ear infections in 2 months.  

In between ear infections, the fluid never drained.  

The doctors were afraid that the constant fluid would hinder his speech development.  

So, on February 7th, Colden had surgery to get bilateral ear tubes put in.

PRE-SURGERY

The doctor told us to practice giving him a bath with ear plugs, because he will have to wear them from now on as long as he has the ear tubes in.

As you can see, he didn't mind a bit.

Colden wasn't allowed to eat or drink after midnight, so we made sure to wake him up and feed him at 11:30pm.  We arrived at the hospital at 6:45am.

We had our own pre-op room.  Colden had to put on a little gown.

He loved playing in the crib

The cutest thing was that the pre-op area where we were waiting had little wagons for the kids, so we took Colden for a tour:

He loved it!

DURING SURGERY

8:00am - The nurses take Colden away.  We go to the waiting room

8:05am - Surgery starts

8:13am - Surgery is over

8:25am - Surgeon comes out to speak with us (everything went perfectly!)

8:30am - I go to the recovery room to be with Colden as he is waking up 

8:35am - Colden is waking up and drinking

The surgery was incredibly fast and everything went smoothly!

POST-SURGERY

The nurses put a surgical hat on Bun-Bun #2 and taped cotton balls over the ears to mimic the cotton balls in Colden's ears.  :-)

He got a sticker for being such a good boy...

...and was eating Cheerios within 45 minutes of coming out of surgery.

We left the hospital around 10:00am...

...and he was a happy camper playing with his new "I was a brave boy" toys.

He was laughing in the car on the way home from the hospital and was acting like his normal self in no time - happy, talkative and getting into everything!

By the way, after surgery Colden said "mama" for the first time.  Mike heard it too!  It was the first time Colden ever attempted the "M" sound.  :-)  All in all, it was a successful day!!