Johnathon went into the hospital for his second set of tubes yesterday...he had his first set put in back in January 07 because he had TONS of ear infections as a baby and they wanted to try and put a stop to all of them. The first surgery went well and he didn't have but 1 ear infection since. We went to his "final" checkup back in July and found out that he still had some fluid built up around his left ear and also had 20% hearing reduction in that ear. They don't call it a hearing loss because it can be reversed. So, after talking with the doctor, we decided we would do another set of tubes to offset that hearing reduction. I knew before we went to his appointment that we may have needed to do something more for J just becuase sometimes you literally have to yell to get his attention. I didn't know if this was because he was a boy or if he really had a hard time hearing me. He also knows all of his alphabet and sounds, but some words are hard to understand and some letters when said make the 'b' sound, not their sound so that concerned me as well. I want to make sure that he has every advantage possible!! We may have to go see a speech therapist later on just to practice with him, but that will be awhile before I know if we should do that...
Going into the hospital, I was nervous and anxious becuase J is older know and is really aware of his surroundings so I didn't know if he would freak out or not. He was such a CHAMP!! While waiting to go in, we talked to the doctors, read stories, colored pictures and he was so calm. When they finally came to get him, he took the nurses hand, walked out with her and didn't turn back! That broke my heart a little because he is getting to be more brave, and a big boy!! I thought for sure that he would cry, but only mommy did!! The surgery lasted only 7 minutes and recovery was about 15 minutes. We couldn't be in the room for the surgery so they came and got him beforehand and we had to wait til he woke up to see him afterwards. Everything went according to plan and he was a little loopy, but he is already back to himself!
God was watching over him during his surgery and I PRAISE him for that!!
Here are some pictures of his adventure...
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