Colton's Tubes

We woke Colton up bright and early on Tues morning to head to Primary Children's for what we consider a major step towards his implants. Colton needs to have tubes put in his ears. He had tubes placed last year, but over the year, has lost one and plugged up the other and has had issues with fluid in both ears. There can be no fluid in his ears at the time of surgery because of the risk of infection. So we took him down for his same day surgery.

Colton didn't love the pre-surgery exam. They checked his oxygen levels, took his blood pressure and his temperature. He was a little grumpy and clung to daddy a bit.
But when we moved to the waiting area, Colton quickly found things that didn't make him grumpy. He was all over that room. We waited for the surgeon and the anaesthesiologist to come talk to us. Then they took him in a wagon down to the OR.

We were very happy to have the surgery be so quick. They didn't even start an IV. They put him out with gas and he woke up very quickly and pretty happy. He drank his juice and wanted to get down and walk around. They did give him a narcotic in the OR, so we had to wait to be sure the did fine and didn't have any respiratory problems. And when he walked, he was a little bit wobbly from the drugs, but he did so great. This is by far the best experience that we have had in that recovery room. And we have had a few. Lets hope the next one goes well.

Here Colton was trying to put his ear drops in his ears all by himself. I just thought it was cute.