Tubes

This morning I woke up at the normal time (5:27...yikes) and got ready for the day even though yesterday was my last day of work.  Today I had to take Gray to get tubes put in his ears, and he had to be at the hospital at 7:30.  And, although we live right next to the freaking medical center in Houston, we had to drive 30 miles away to the other hospital that his ENT performs surgeries at because of her schedule (and the fact that we couldn't wait a few weeks due to our move).  Since the surgery was scheduled for the day before The Hubs defends his dissertation, he was not able to come with us.  I kept him informed of the events of the morning through picture texts though. 
When we got to the first waiting room, Gray made himself at home with the toys.

When we were called back, he was weighed, measured, and then given some pajamas to change into.  After that, we were told that he could go play in a different area until the Anesthesiologist and Doctor came to talk with us. 

He was called back to surgery around 8:45 and I was shown to the waiting room.  About 25 minutes later, his Doctor came and found me and said that everything went well!  She had to drain some fluid from his ears, but it went well.  About 5 minutes later I was called back to be with him as he woke up.  The nurse handed him to me and he and I sat in the rocking chair.  He slowly started to open his eyes and he took some water when we offered.  The nurse observed him (as he fell in and out of sleep) for another 20 minutes or so and then discharged us.  During those 20 minutes she couldn't stop saying how cute G was and called her friends over to see him - ha.  They all said that he was really good and one of their first patients who didn't wake up crying after getting tubes.  He was so still and quiet the whole time we were waiting to be released - he really fooled them! ;)

Since he was so still, they thought it would be fun to see if he would ride in a wheelchair by himself down to the car (it was either that or a nurse would just walk with us while I held him).  He did a great job and held onto the little puppy that the nurse gave him after surgery.  

It was a short and sweet surgery, but I feel much better now that it is over and done with.  I am hopeful that the slight hearing loss that he has will be remedied by getting all of the fluid out of his ears.  We were home by 10:30 and Gray got his energy back the second we walked in the door.  The nurse had said he might be a little shaky on his feet today, but he was running just fine 20 minutes after we got home.  I got him down for a nap after lunch, and we'll see how he is doing when he wakes up!  Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes today!