Lukas

Since we have moved, Lukas has been having troubles with his ears. In the past 5 months, he has had 7 ear infections been on 5 antibiotics (3 of them 2x a piece) and had a round of antibiotic shots. Needless to say, the poor baby couldn't catch a break.

After his last ear infection hung around for several weeks and wouldn't respond to antibiotics, we decided it was time to visit a specialist and discuss getting "tubes" put in his ears. Now at this point, Lukas is super sensitive when it comes to his ears. He was constantly pulling, tugging, putting his finger inside them and every trip to the doctor made him HATE them checking them. IT took everything I had to hold a flailing 38lb 2 year old down so that doctors could check his ears for infection.

We met with an ENT doctor who took one look at his ears, said "You've had lots of problems" and immediately told us that we would be scheduled for tubes in 2 weeks.

A lot of my friend's children have gotten tubes and I knew the procedure wasn't that big of a deal...but it is a big deal to a momma to have their child put under anesthesia.

We arrived at the surgery center at 7:30 in the morning and were taken back to pre-op around 8:15. Now trying to keep a toddler entertained in a 6x6 room covered by only curtains with several patients around you isn't the funnest thing in the world but we managed.

Here are a couple of pictures before the procedure:

Happy with Daddy

They're going to do what?!?

The anesthesiologist and doctor came and met with us before the procedure. I was impressed that my doctor took my cell phone number so that he could call me when he was finished. When the nurse came and took our son away, he was not a happy camper and a tearful mom & dad made our way to the waiting room. It wasn't 15 minutes and I received a call from the doctor that said Lukas did great, the tubes were places and they had to let him wake up a little more in recovery before Cody and I could come back and see him.

When we walked through the doors to the recovery area, we could hear Lukas raising cane! He was MAD (don't blame him). He immediately crawled into my arms and the nurse went and got him a juice (he hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 6 o'clock the day before & it was 9:30 am at this point).

The nurse explained that the anesthesia wearing off would cause him to be really upset and upset he was. Lukas did everything in his power to show Cody and I how mad he was...he kicked, hit, and even pinched himself. Cody and I couldn't help but chuckle because we have never seen him soo frustrated. It was like he didn't know what to do to show us that he was furious! When the nurse came to discharge us, she said to expect this part to last around 24 hours...and then she started laughing..she must have seen the look exchanged between Cody & myself.

When we left we stopped by Sonic and got Lukas some tater tots. Immediately, he brightened up and even told the car hop "Bu Bye"! He was back to himself in no time and got to spend the rest of the day hanging out with mom, dad and his sisters.

We have noticed a difference in him since the surgery. He isn't pulling, tugging or putting his fingers in his ears and he also isn't waking up several times a night. We are suppose to keep water out of his ears, which has proved to be our biggest battle yet. He loves to play in water & the bath but he isn't such a fan of wearing cotton in his ears.

Irregardless, we are happy that our baby isn't hurting anymore and we are hoping to be past all the pain! We follow up with his surgeon in a month.

Thanks for checking in...