Out with the Adenoids, in with the tubes!

Today was the day of Preston's procedure! We talked yesterday a lot about what was going to happen, and how he was going to have to take it easy for the next few days and he was SO excited at the idea that he was going to get a lot of screen time and have lots of cuddle time. The boy loves his cuddles.... 

He even woke up early this morning, too excited to sleep and anxious to have the screen time start. 

We got to the surgery center and we went back and he changed and put on some cool new socks. He was so giggley and chatty with everyone who would come in. The nurse who would be going back with him asked what he had for breakfast & he said "nothing, I cant even eat one single cornflake!" and she laughed. She asked what was his favorite thing in the world to eat and he said "fish. with fish sauce". Since when!? He takes 1 bite of fish 2 days ago and suddenly its his favorite food. Probably the only 5 year old in the world to say that.
When it was time for him to go back he got a little clingy but then the nurse started talking to him about Batman and he was instantly her best friend and ok with going with her. 

I was in the waiting room for maybe 15 minutes before the doctor came out to say they were done. So quick!! His right ear couldn't have a tube put in since the hole in his eardrum is too big and it would fall right out, so they tubed the left year again. They they removed his adenoids. I was worried about this part because it meant he would have to have a breathing tube and and IV and I was worried about the pain he might have. But it's worth it if it means his breathing is better and he gets less bouts of strep/ear infections/snores less. 

He was in a deep sleep when I went back but would nod or shake his head if I asked him something. He had a few sips of apple juice and dozed for the next hour. 

Then almost exactly an hour later his eyes popped open and he was awake. They took his IV out, we got him dressed and he was good to go! He said nothing was hurting and he just wanted to get home and have a donut- what happened to loving fish?!
He looks a little out of it in the last picture, and he was.
About 5 minutes later he showered the car with all the apple juice he had drunk. 

But that was it! Got him home and changed and wiped down and got him a donut and he has been happy ever since. As the day goes on he's getting more and more chatty, more and more like himself and he hasn't complained once that he hurts anywhere. He did say on the way home that he could hear much better which makes me happy for him, and sad that he couldn't hear as well before. We go back in 3 weeks for a checkup, and we will keep an eye on that hole in the other eardrum and figure out the best way to deal with it in the future. 
But for now he is perfect and happy with his extra screen time.