Dillan has had a pretty rough 6 months when it comes to his ear infections. Since Thanksgiving he had 3 double ear infections. My pediatrician finally suggested we go see an ENT. When we did it was confirmed that Dilly's ears didn't drain properly and the Dr recommended he get ear tubes. It is a minor surgery in which the Dr. makes a tiny incision in the middle ear and puts tubes in that help the fluid drain from the ear. The tubes fall out on their own anytime in the next year. The surgery in and of iteself only took 20 minutes, but it was pretty scary to have Dillan go under anesthesia. The nurses warned us that his age group has a pretty rough time when they come to after being under. I am so glad that they warned us because Dillan was such a mess for like 20 minutes. Then all of the sudden he was fine! It was pretty crazy. He was such a big boy and we were so PROUD of him. The Dr said he had a ton of fluid in his ears and that the tubes will make him feel much happier! We have his follow up appt on Wednesday and I am praying that everything looks good! He will get his ear plugs and be all set for when we go to the desert in a couple of weeks!
This is what we saw when we got to come
back and see him after surgery. It was so
sad to see him like this:( But I was just grateful
everything went well!
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