September 14, 2009: He Can Hear!

Carter had tubes put in his ears this morning. The surgery went very well. The nurse told us ahead of time to expect him to either be groggy and whiny, or having a fit immediately after coming out of anesthesia. The little boy who went ahead of him was just having a fit and was inconsolable. I was just about to tell John that he should go back to the wake up room and deal with a screaming Carter, when the nurse walked into the room with Carter in her arms and placed him in my lap. He was perfectly fine, and upon waking up he wanted to be “up” and his “tars”. A few sips of apple-water and some sesame street and he was fine. Not a whine or cry and he went to daycare an hour later. Though we learned later that he only had an hour nap (usual is 3). I really hope the tubes aren’t having an affect on his napping!!