Caleb's Ear Surgery

First, it all started when Caleb's preschool sent me a letter saying that he failed his hearing test that was on January 22nd. So, I took him in to his ENT doctor, Dr. Wilcox.  He laid Caleb down and got some earwax out but there was so much earwax that the doctor wanted to do surgery to get it all out and put another set of tubes in his ears, without putting a hole in his eardrums.

He had his ear surgery on Monday, February 19th. It took about 45 minutes to an hour then he was put in a room where he woke up one minute and fell asleep the next. The nurse taking care of him said he should be ready to go home in 20 minutes, so I tried to call a few people until I got ahold of someone, a friend at church, gave us a ride home because it was snowing again and I didn't want to take Caleb home on the bus.  He came home, took a nap from 11:30 am until 4:15 pm.  Stayed awake until 7:30 pm and went back to sleep. I was worried about him all night, I think he was still wearing off the anesthetic the doctor gave him.

On Tuesday, February 20th, Caleb still wasn't feeling well so I kept him home from school.  He woke up at 10 after 6 am in the morning.  We then went into the living room to watch television and he laid on my lap for 3 1/2 hours, drifting on and off to sleep until he finally fell asleep at around 9:45 am. I carried him to my bed, covered him up in my blanket, gave him a hug and told him that he fell asleep on me so I put him on bed so he can take a nap. I almost cried when I put him down for his nap because I was still SO worried about him. He then napped for about 2 1/2 hours. The rest of the day went okay and he was a happy little boy again.

I kept him home from school on Wednesday and Thursday also because he has had a fever and a runny nose almost all day.  I think he caught a bug at the hospital. I hope he doesn't get sick again. Also, with the ear drops, I am supposed to put 4 drops in each ear for four days and it is the second day. Today is Wednesday.  I hope he feels better by tomorrow.

That's the end of today's blog. I hope you enjoy reading it and I will post again next week. Keeping up the fun and my ideas to come.