AJ's surgery

So AJ had his 3rd surgery last week and came through with flying colors. He had his 3rd set of tubes put in and his adenoids taken out. He is such a trooper. The anesthesiologist carried him back and he never even cried or anything. The nurses said he was great and the anesth. said he sat on the bed and took the gas mask and went right to sleep and was the best kid ever. He woke up well, thanks to his first postop nurse for taking this pic for me so I could put it on my blog although I'm sure he thought I was a weirdo, plus I wanted to send it to Ryan who couldn't come back and as we had Levi and he couldn't come back to the postop area. I wanted to reassure Ryan and my mom who was at my house with the older boys. Anyway, when it was time for us to go he sat up and got dressed and never complained and said he was ready. When he stood up to get in the truck he was still wobbly and I had to catch him but after that he was mellow for a few hours and then back to normal, I had to keep him from getting too rambunctious. Now he still has to have ear drops and wear ear plugs in the bath and stuff and he is so good at reminding me if I forget to put them in before he gets in. I hope this is his last surgery but I'm grateful that the doctors did a great job and he came through it well. I'm thankful it wasn't anything more serious and he is so much healthier than he could be.

ANOTHER SURGERY FOR AJ

We saw the ENT today and AJ is set for another surgery, his third. This time they are putting in "t tubes". They are semi-permanent and will stay in for 2 years or more. When they come out it will likely be because they are removed as they typically don't fall out. He is also getting his adenoids out. The doctor promises me that this will be nothing like the 2 weeks of hell we suffered when Jake had his tonsils and adenoids out when he was 3. That was brutal!!! He says it's the tonsils part that is so painful and the adenoids are simpler with fewer complications/risks and much less pain. He better not be lying to me! Hopefully this will help with AJ's ears and maybe in so doing will help break his reflux/ ears/pneumonia/reflux cycle. It helped Jake to sleep better, funny how breathing will do that for you, anyway, hopefully it's going to do the same for AJ. At the least it's going to help his snoring, maybe that will help Caleb to sleep better, wink wink!