Would you like a ride on my gurney?

Well, it's all over with...

Alton had his surgery today and it went well. The fluid in his left ear was clear but the right ear had puss in it. They drained it all out and he is on antibiotic drops to clear up the infection. The scope went well too. The flap over his larynx is still immature and not rigid but the doctor thinks it will take care of itself. He looked at his voice box and it looks good. So the laryngomalacia should go away by itself. Which I'm very glad to hear.

He was so cute when he was getting ready to go into surgery. The nurse thought he was adorable. He looked really cute in his little hospital gown so I had to take pictures (the quality isn't that good since it's from my phone.) When they wheeled him away he was sitting up on the gurney and it looked so funny because he was so tiny on that big bed. After the surgery was over they came to get us and we could hear him crying as soon as we got back into the recovery area. He cried and cried and we couldn't get him to calm down. We tried almost everything and nothing was working. Then I finally got him to calm down by walking around with him. Once he stopped crying and calmed down they let us go home. He has been really good and things have mostly been normal since we've been home, except for some bleeding from his ear. I'm glad it's over with.





Now onto our next adventure which I will be revealing shortly. Stay tuned.......

Strange little creature

Alton is one of a kind. He keeps proving over and over how different he is from the other kids. He doesn't have much interest in crawling. He would rather walk. Although he is having a hard time figuring out how. He does the funniest thing, as you can see from the picture. He will get on his feet and hands with his little bum in the air. It looks like he is just going to stand up. Strange....

He is going to be getting tubes in his ears next week. He keeps getting ear infections and can't seem to get the fluid out of his ears, which is affecting his hearing. He is also going to be having a scope done at the same time for the laryngomalacia. It hasn't really gotten better over the last few months so they want to see what's going on. I'm actually kind of relieved he's getting the tubes because they were going to do the scope in the office with him awake and I wasn't really prepared for all the gagging and fighting that it would involve.

The end.......

Until next time.

Not good-bye...

see you later!

Classic

While eating at a restaurant last night Orin really made us laugh. We had biscuits and gravy to eat and Eadie & Orin thought it was ice cream. After we had finished eating Orin looks up and says "You ate all the ice cream." Justin says "It's not ice cream, do you want to taste?" He says yes so Justin gives him a taste. He wrinkles up his face and says "They put salt in the ice cream, it's yucky." The look on his face was priceless. We laughed so hard.

Classic Orin, no other way to say it....