Update

22 hours later(from my last post), it's all said and done. My Girlie was such a champ. After checking into the hospital this morning at an unearthly hour, we went into the surgery prep room where she sat pretty contentedly and watched TV while all of the nurses came in to comment on how cute she is, and how good she was being. The surgery was fast, I knew it would be - but I still hated the waiting part (even if it was only 10 minutes).

As was predicted, she did not enjoy coming out of the anesthesia. After speaking with the doctor right after the surgery, I was escorted to the recovery room and I could hear her screaming from behind a set of doors and down a hallway. She was completely inconsolable for about 10 minutes, but eventually calmed down and got to eat a Popsicle for breakfast (she thought that was pretty cool).

So even though we haven't had a problem with infections, the fluid in her ears was very thick and was definitely having an effect on her hearing. Her Doctor reassured me that we did the right thing.

and on a side note...Have I mentioned that we really like this ENT, I've been super impressed with him. We've seen probably at least 5 different ENTs over the last two years, and I'm very happy that this is the one that stuck. I would recommend him, and our audiologist, in a heartbeat. (Just in case anyone is ever looking ; ) ).

Anyway, by the time she went to bed Sister was mostly back to normal. We have a week of using drops twice a day (that I can already tell is not going to be very fun), and she can start wearing her hearing aid again in a couple of days. We go back to the Dr. in a month for a check and a hearing test, and until then, hopefully things can start to get back to normal (well, as normal as things ever are around here. There always seems to be something.)