Poor little man had 7 ear infections in one year so according to the ENT, he was a perfect candidate for tubes. They explained how sometimes they will ask parents to wait it out, that sometimes if kids can get to age 2 that they can outgrow the need for tubes but since we were just coming up on the start of the cold and flu season, it might be best if we go ahead and get them. See, there's a misconception with tubes. I always thought that they prevented the infections, well that's wrong! Seeing as how I am writing this in March, I can tell you that Hudson has had 3 infections since he got the tubes put in. Now, they have not been nearly as bad as they were before, and usually just have to put some drops in his ears for a few days and it dries up no problem but boy do I feel bad for my lil' man. He has to take Benadryl and Zyrtec every day to try to combat the allergies that start all of his sicknesses. So yea, we were the parents that shot photos all morning of him, even as he's coming out of the anesthesia (all while trying not to laugh because it was just so dang cute).
Arriving at the doctor's office
Begging me one last time to please not let them take him
Waving to the nurses
Trying his best to scare the doctors and nurses away
Giving daddy kisses before they took him
And 10 minutes later here we were...
Starting to come to
Crying so hard but he can't open his eyes yet
And this is how we spent a majority of our morning
Or here...
But by mid-afternoon, we were here...
And feeling much better!
I'm glad we got the tubes, the infections aren't gone, but they are much more manageable now that we don't have to run to the doctor's office with each one!!
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