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Noah had his tubes put in yesterday. He has done very well with the whole thing...except for the ear drops. Each time he fights more and more, but we manage to get them in and for the most part they stay in. I think he just doesn't like it cause they are cold, but the good thing is...tomorrow is the last day for them!! 2 more doses and counting down. He surprisingly wasn't crabby after the anesthesia. Usually he is a big grump, but yesterday he did great. They said he woke up and never cried at all. I'm so proud of my baby!!

Leon is scheduled to have his tubes taken out on Tuesday the 16th and probably have another set of tubes put in. A couple weeks ago he was complaining that his ear hurt so I took him to the after hours clinic since it was on a weekend and they said that both tubes were turned and on their way out and that one of them was infected around the top portion of the tube. They gave us ear drops and an oral antibiotic cause it looked like they had closed enough that he had fluid behind his ear drum and they wanted to make sure we cleared up the entire thing. The following Monday I had called to schedule an appointment with his ENT for them to take a look at him and he said he couldn't even see his eardrum cause he has so much wax and dead skin so he wanted to schedule him for a surgery to have his ears cleaned out and the one set of tubes out and then he will see what his ears look like and if he needs another set, he will put another set of tubes in, but they will be a more long term set of tubes. They are called T Tubes and they "hook" around the eardrum somehow and stay in longer than normal tubes do. His first set stayed in for almost 2 years, and I can just hope that Noah's stay in for quite some time too!! Leon doesn't know he is doing anything, but he asked a lot of questions about Noah's so he's at least prepared somewhat for what they will do. I just told him that they would put a mask on Noah and he would take about a ten minute nap while they fixed his ears and then he would wake up and be just fine...which he was. He asked if he would cry and I told him no not while they were fixing his ears, but he may cry when they take him from mommy and take him back to the room. He was ok with that. Last time Leon walked back to the OR with the nurse with no hesitation what so ever...this time, it's not going to be the same I am quite certain!! I just hope it's an easy transition for him. 7 days and counting!! At least it's during my spring break so I don't have to miss any classes!!!!!