Another brave boy

Isaac had surgery today. He's only had 1 or 2 ear infections that we know of so his ears haven't bothered him much like they did Caleb. Isaac is considered to have a speech delay because he's not talking as much as he should be. He is also having trouble saying words that start with "tr" and they come out quite nasily. We had Isaac's ears checked in May and they could only get a reading on one ear which showed there was fluid in his ear. We had it rechecked on July 1st and it was determined that the right ear was good and the left ear was bad. We visited with an ENT in Sioux Falls. He looked in Isaac's ear and agreed the right ear is fine and the left ear has some fluid in it. He thought it would be best to try and put a tube in his left ear and at the same time they would run a ABR test while Isaac was sedated.

We got to the hospital at 7:00 am and went to our room. I had been dreading surgery day because Isaac gets really scared of doctors and nurses so I figured it would be a tough morning for all of us. I was quite surprised when Isaac was fine sitting on our laps watching cartoons or playing with his new tractor I got him. They finally came to get him about 8:40 and wheeled him away in a little red wagon. The nurse came in during the surgery to ask if we were okay with the doctor putting a tube in both ears so we said that was fine. The doctor told us that he did see a lot of fluid in both ears so he put a tube in both ears and ran the hearing test. We'll get those results later on. Isaac had a little bit of a tough time coming out of the anethesia but not as bad as I expected. He was hooked up to an iv which he wanted out but we managed to get him distracted so he didn't try to pull it out. Isaac took about an hour nap and then woke up and had something to eat and drink and was fine.

Now we just wait and see if surgery will help his speech. It's so nice to have it done with.

On the way to Sioux Falls at 6:00 a.m.

Into hospital jammies

Watching cartoons with Daddy

Playing tractors with Daddy

Trying to figure out what's going on

After surgery, alseep on Mommy's lap

Not sure about the iv's hooked up

After eating...much happier

Showing Caleb new surgical cap