This week, Asher - in a quest to do everything just like his big brother - got his own set of ear tubes. We had considered them for a while as he was getting multiple ear infections and then we thought we were in the clear. He went a while without getting one and we had our fingers crossed. Then, he got three in a row and the ENT had no doubt that tubes were the way to go.
Asher didn't really know what was going on, just that he got to spend the day playing in a new outfit. Riley's procedures were in the morning so the fact that he couldn't eat was not a big deal. Asher's procedure was in the afternoon and I thought it was going to be a big deal but he didn't even seem to miss breakfast or lunch. He was a champ through the whole process and the only time he cried was literally the 10 seconds between when I put him down on the table and he fell asleep for surgery.
The procedure itself only took about 15 minutes and as soon as he was waking up, we were able to go back and be with him. He was being a grouch - as expected with anesthesia - but as soon as he had us and animal crackers, he calmed down and got to go home. The rest of the day was spent with snuggles, naps, tv and snacks so Asher was pretty happy. And he was able to go back to school the next day - everything was back to normal! Riley said that Asher should get blue ear tubes just like he had, so now they have blue buddy tubes and Asher is even more like Riley!
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