Tubes

A couple of weeks ago we had an appointment to see the ENT after Mason got his sixth ear infection since January. The ENT was super nice, explained the procedure to us & I loved how he was not "pushing" us to get tubes but rather asked how we felt about it & how we wanted to proceed. After being on antibiotics every 3 weeks for 6 months we decided it was finally time for little man to have the procedure.

Yesterday was the big day. We walked into Children's Mercy around 6am & during the next hour we were checked in, obtained Mason's vital signs with the nurse - who was blowing him bubbles the entire time which he loved. We then got put into a room where I was asked to change him into a patient gown & await further instructions. While we were waiting, we read several books & even did some coloring to pass the time.

He looked so little & cute in his tiny patient gown:

We then had a visit by the nurse who was going to be in Mason's procedure & she verified his name with us & then put his ID band on his little ankle:

Next the anesthesiologist & the ENT performing the procedure came to talk to us & went over all kinds of questions. Then it was time to hand my son over to a complete stranger. I was doing just fine - up until this point.

I walked to the waiting room, went to the bathroom, got some coffee, ate a granola bar, sat down to browse Facebook & not 5 minutes later the ENT was talking to me letting me know the procedure went just fine & I would be seeing Mason soon. It had to have been less than 15 minutes since I handed him over - pretty quick.

I was reunited with him in the recovery unit & he was one pissed off little dude. Crying, thrashing around, dazed, confused - there was no consoling him. They had warned me he might be like this coming out of anesthesia & it hurt my heart seeing him like that. 

Finally after about 15 minutes I was able to console him & we were getting ready to be discharged. He fell asleep shortly after we got into the car & slept for another 2 hours once we got home. He was a MUCH happier boy when he awoke from his nap & chowed down his chicken nuggets & biscuit from Chick-Fil-A: 

Later that afternoon we got a surprise delivery from our friend Jen & Miss Ava:

Mase loved the balloons & kept dragging them all over the house! Definitely made him feel better! Thanks SO much Jen & Miss Ava!

Hoping this little guy has a speedy recovery & is feeling much better with his new tubes!