Aidan's Surgery

Getting up at 5:15AM is nothing new to me, since I usually get up that early to go to work. But today was different. Today, Aidan was going to have surgery to put tubes in his ears. I know its nothing that big, but it is to me. Having to take your 22 month old into the hospital to undergo general anesthesia is a big deal. My lil man was such a trooper though, well for most of it. We waited out in the waiting room for maybe 10 minutes, before we were called back. Can you tell he was a little tired???

He looks so pleased...

We checked in about 6:25AM, and his surgery was scheduled for 7:40AM. We went back to the pre-op room and met with the nurse, anesthesiologist and doctor, as well as some other people. Aidan got into his little gown (so cute!), and watched PBS and colored while we waited for them to take him back to the OR.

Yay! Coloring!

Mom, Stop taking my picture!

He went back with the CRNA, and of course he cried the entire way. Derek and I had to go back out to the waiting room while he was in surgery. Not even 15 minutes later, the Doctor comes out and says everything went fine, and that Aidan was in recovery starting to wake up. He said that there was no infection, but there was still a lot of fluid behind his ears, more so in the left. He gave us some drops to put in for the next few days. After a few more minutes of waiting, we were called back to the recovery room where we got to see Aidan.
He was being held by one of the nurses, playing with the stickers that were on his chest, taking them off and then putting them back on again. He seemed to be doing alright. He did get fussy after a little while, and he took some tylenol finally. They gave him some apple juice and graham crackers, which he enjoyed. We had to stay for 30 minutes before we could take him home.

Still drowsy from anesthesia

Once the anesthesiologist came in to sign off, we were able to go home. Aidan fell asleep in the car.

We got home around 8:30AM. Aidan tried to eat some fruit, but wasn't really interested. He fell asleep about 9:45AM and slept until 1PM. I guess that means he won't be taking a nap this afternoon, but it will probably call for an early night.
We spent the day just lounging on the couch and watching movies. He seems to be back to his normal self now, and hopefully we can get out and get some groceries. We made it through it, and now it is time to see if this is going to make him better. I sure hope so!