Ear Tube Day!

Okay, so these pictures posted in reverse order. The bottom one is when we first got assigned out room and she thought it was pretty sweet to get her own bed with various medical things attached all around that she could try to rip down or destroy in some way. The next one she is showing off her hospital bracelet, and the next one up she is showing off the hospital bracelets that were attached to Big Monkey, Little Monkey, and Penquin. Yes, the cool nurses actually printed out bracelets for all of them (one of the perks to using an actual Childrens Hospital). Then they took her vitals---check out the adorable little red-light thingy on her toe!---and off I went with her to the OR. Oh, first I had to put on the god-awful yellow gown and cap, at which point Taylor said, "Oooh, Mommy, you're a princess now!". I was able to sit with her while she was put under, then I left and they called us back to recovery in about 1/2 hour. When we got back there, the nurse was holding her and Taylor was telling her all about Big and Little Monkey. She was happy as could be and the nurses said if all patients were as sweet and cooperative as her, their jobs would be much easier :) We were told to expect her to be disoriented and really cranky for a while after anesthesia and maybe the rest of the day, but in her case, she was in the best mood I'd seen her in a while! We had a great rest of the day playing tea party, Play-doh, and going to the park. Maybe the pain in her ears was more bothersome than we knew? Anyway, the last picture (on top) is after everything was over with and right before we headed home. Her face was a little puffy, but overall, she was fine and the doctor said they sucked quite a bit of gunk out from behind her ear drum---or wherever the tube is actually placed. Now our biggest challenge is getting her to sit still and let me put ear drops in her ears 3 times/day----much easier said than done with a 2-1/2 yr old.