Happy tube-day

Today was Carter's surgery to put his tubes in. It was pretty low-key. We'd been through tubes once before with Morgan so we kind of knew what to expect. Everyone always says its harder on the parents than the kids and I think that is pretty much the truth.

Here is Mr. Man with his hospital gown on (and in this cool little crib gurney that if I had known existed in the hospital, I would have been demanding while in the ER a few months back!!!)


Here he is in his new hat. I think he was saying "hat" in this picture.

Started to get a little fussy and tired...which means....pacifier to the rescue!

Did I mention we had to get up at 5:30am???

He was in and out and the doctor was talking to us telling us how awesome he did within about 10 minutes. When we went back to the recovery room, a nurse was holding him. He saw me and put his hands out for me. I picked him up and just as I started to sit down, he saw his Grandma. Then he only wanted her! So, he snuggled with Grandma for a few minutes until time to go home.

I considered just letting him wear that little thermometer home and keeping it on. As often as he was sick this winter, it would come in handy to just be able to glance at him and know if he has a fever or not!

He hadn't had anything to eat or drink since 6pm last night so he was thirsty!!!!

By 8:30am, we were home and eating waffles!

Our friends Dean & Jan Meyers are bringing over dinner tonight! Three friends offered to bring dinner and I kept saying "no, no we'll be fine" but now that it is dinner time and I am pretty exhausted and kind of emotional, I'm really glad I don't have to cook!

February 26 photo

This was me today. All day. I woke up feeling like I had been hit by a truck. The doctor thought it could be strep but said it didn't really look like classic strep but did a throat culture anyway just because it would be less traumatic for me to have the culture than it would be for any of the kids to have one in the event that they get a sore throat. I had also been having a headache for 2 weeks that he gave me some pretty pretty muscle relaxers for. (*clasping hands and bending down to pill bottle* "Aren't you pretty? Pretty pretty muscle relaxers! Yes you are! You're so pretty!") Anyway, I also was having some pain in my ears which he said was caused not from an ear infection but from the fact that the lymph nodes in my neck were so large they were putting pressure on my inner ear. Score.

The blanket in this picture was a blanket that my Granny gave to my mom when she left for college and my mom gave it to me once when Chris and I were traveling and I wanted a blanket in the car and I kept it because its so warm and cozy and I swear it still smells like my Granny (which I'm sure isn't possible since she hasn't touched it in, oh say, 50+ years!) but, I always pull it out when I'm sick because its so thick and warm and snuggly and its just the greatest sickie blanket ever!


Anyway, after that fun day and trip to the doctor toting 3 kids along with me, I forced Chris against his will asked Chris ever so sweetly if he would take Carter to Primetime which is our after hours pediatrician's office. He did....and my poor baby has a double ear infection. Guess it's tube time for him!!!!