My ears are all better!

Ayden had her ear tube surgery today and everything went really well. She was so good through out the whole process. We arrived at the surgery center at 8:15 this morning and the surgery was at 9:00. She was not allowed to eat or drink anything 8 hours before the surgery and I was a little worried how she would respond to that since she has to go to bed with water every night and the first thing she wants when she wakes up is milk and cereal. My worries were not necessary because after we explained to her that she couldn't eat or drink anything she was really good about it. The first thing that came out of her mouth this morning was "I can't have any milk huh? because the doctor said I couldn't have anything to eat because I am having surgery today." I thought it was really cute. Then when we got to the surgery center they brought us to a little curtained off room with a big comfy chair and some toys and the anesthesiologist and the doctor came and talked to us to let us know what to expect and the whole time we are talking kids who had just woken up from the anesthesia where screaming their heads off (they do about 20 ear tube or tonsil surgery's on Tuesdays so kids were everywhere). They explained that about 95% of kids wake up like that because they are groggy and disoriented and that we should expect it. I couldn't see Ayden acting like that but I did not know what it felt like so I was not sure how she would act. The doctor, the anesthesiologist and a nurse then came and told Ayden it was time to go and that she could go see some pictures of puppies. Ayden was totally cool about it and said "ok, bye mommy and daddy" as she held the doctors hand and walked off to the surgery room. About three minutes later they brought Ayden back asleep, snoring and wrapped up in a blanket and laid her in my arms. She slept in my arms for about five minutes and then woke up just as she would have from any other nap. She just sucked her fingers and held her blanket with out making a fuss at all. The nurse brought her some apple juice and Ayden read all the letters and the sounds they make off the Tree Top can to the nurse. One of the first things she also said was "my ears are all better now." The doctor came and talked to us and told us that she drained a lot of fluid from her ears and told us that Ayden will be hearing a lot better now and that she will be much happier too. After about 10 minutes Ayden was ready to go home so Brad carried her to the car and she has been totally normal and happy all day. It was so simple that I just kick myself that we did not get it done sooner. I guess I should just be glad we got it done now. Alex is next!