Tubes! Tubes!

Today was Colin's surgery...we were scheduled for 7:30 a.m., supposed to be there by 6:00 a.m according to the doctor's office, but luckily the hospital said to get there around 6:30, so we woke Colin up out of a dead sleep and just plopped him in the car for the trip. We were thinking that way he wouldn't be able to think about the fact that he couldn't eat or drink anything...we arrived and everyone was very prompt which was great. The doctor was awesome, he gave us the whole surgery speil and then said "most importantly we will take good care of him", which of course put me into tears again, but it was what we wanted to hear of course! Colin hated every bit of it from the beginning (wearing the ankle ID, and too large hospital johnny) to the end (half out of it, screaming with snots running down his nose, in some strangers arms)...it was rough, very rough and probably the worst thing knowing your child is so scared...Ryan did the anesthesia part and let's just say he came out of the operating area crying... he had to restrain Colin while the anesthesiologist placed the mask over his face and as he fell off to sleep he just stared at Ryan which was the worst part I guess. So in the end there was lots of tears from everyone, but it was a very short procedure (surgery started at 7:30 and we were on our way to Dunkin Donuts by 8:30)...by the car ride home it was like nothing even happened, no ill effects of the anesthesia, or what appeared to be any pain. It was as if nothing happened to him, it was amazing. So hopefully this will solve the ear infection problem, as long as we can get him used to wearing ear plugs...ha- that should be interesting!