Baby Girl is having surgery in the morning (it's 10:45 as I'm writing this, I really should be in bed). Our check-in time is at 6:20. (yep, That's AM) The rational part of me knows that they were being kind when they did this - the little guys always get to go first. The not rational part of me is thinking "Are you kidding me!". I have to get myself, and the girlie ready and out the door by 5:45 (just in case there is traffic on the way into Seattle). Wish me luck!
It's not a big deal surgery. She is getting ear tubes. We haven't really had a problem with infections, but she has been retaining fluid behind her eardrums for about a month now. In a "normal" (hearing) child they would give her a few more months, or infections before they would do anything. Fluid causes a conductive (temporary) hearing loss though, so in a kid with a permanent HL, they tend to be a bit more aggressive, just so that we can preserve the hearing that she has.
I know it's not a big deal, yet I'm not looking forward to another morning spent at the hospital-we've been there too much the last couple of weeks leading up to this, and I'm way not looking forward to having her under anesthesia (Sister isn't a nice "drunk"-she's had to be put under before, and she is mean and super angry as she is coming out of it).
My sister and I were complaining to each other the other day (something we are apt to do quite frequently). Her little guy is about the same age, and just got his second set of tubes. She said to me: "I am so sick of ear problems", and all I could reply was "Me Too!!!". Who would have thought that we would be having such a strange conversation. Go figure...
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I remember having tubes in my ears! I also remember not being able to go completely under water... and having to have cotton balls covered in Vaseline stuck in my ears for bath time. Do they still do that?
I hope all goes well with the surgery! Looks like you'll be going there soon.
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