Lane's surgery

Lane had a myringotomy...aka Ear Tube...surgery this morning. My plans were to let him sleep as late as I could and then just pick him up and head out the door before he had a chance to even think about food. This boy loves to eat and he was not allowed to eat after midnight Sunday night. Well Lane had other plans. Aaron got up at 5:30 to get dressed for work. Lane woke up with him. I tried and tried to get him to go back to sleep but it didn't work. I finally started getting dressed at 6:30 and Lane tore apart my bathroom during that time. Once Aaron got home we got Logan up and ready. Logan had already been instructed not to even speak of food. Logan gets fed breakfast at school so he was planning to eat there. All went well and we headed out the door for the hospital on time and without any "food" problems.They had told Lane could bring along a "comfort" toy. So he choose his doggie that he made at Build A Bear when Aaron was home in July for R&R. Once we got to the hospital and got checked in we had to wait. Of course right! Well Lane got into my purse which was holding "after surgery snacks." So he got mad because he couldn't have any "wawa"...water. Finally they called us back and got his mind off that. We got to go back with him for a little bit. They asked us a bunch of questions and had him get in a hospital gown. They gave him the little hospital socks which were huge on him. He does not like to wear socks so he refused to keep them on. He would put them on for a second and then pull them right back off. So we ended up putting them on his doggie. That made him happy.

Once they were ready I carried him down the hall and then had to pass him off. He looked scared but the rest went really fast. His doggie, which he named "NO!" was with him the whole time. Aaron and I walked down to the lobby and got a coffee and when we walked back upstairs I had no more than sat down when the doctor walked out. I thought he was coming to tell me they forgot something but he said they were all done. I'm so serious...I had just left him 10 minutes ago! He said everything went perfect and Lane was doing great. We headed right back to see him. He was still sleeping but all his vitals were perfect. I held the humidified oxygen over his nose and mouth for about 10 minutes and then he rolled and started crying. He still had his eyes closed but was starting to wake up. I leaned down to give him a kiss and he smacked at me and said "no!" He was already back to being himself!!! LOL. He whined for about 10 minutes and then they let me pick him up. He stopped crying right away. We gave him some water and he just cuddled with me. It was so sweet.

Phase two recovery was a breeze for him. He was wide awake and laughing loudly. He was giving high fives and knuckles to the nurses. It was so cute. He stole some gloves and was wearing them around. They all said he was a future doctor! When we got home he ate for about an hour! Then laid down and slept for about 4 hours. The rest of the night has been perfect. He doesn't seem to be in any pain and has been playing around like normal. I'm excited to see how much this helps him. Thank you all for the prayers. I can't thank God enough for taking such good care of him!

I had to share this picture. The boys were playing around Sunday night. They are just too cute.