After two weeks of a clogged tube, a tube removal, 20 days of antibiotics, Levi's ear was still infected. So we had to gear up for round two. The morning of the surgery is of course no fun. Levi suffers from separation anxiety already, so when you add doctors and strangers to the mix, he wasn't a happy fella. This time they removed his adenoids, which the doc said were pretty big. He asked if Levi was a snorer or heavy breather. Heavy breather yes, I wonder if his enlarged adenoids contributed to his horrible coughing episodes. But now they are gone - new and improved tubes in - his ear infection has cleared, so hopefully we a starting a new chapter of his life. The bummer was since he had his adenoids taken out they had to give him another round of antibiotics, so by the time he is done he will have been on antibiotics for 30 days straight! His poor little bum is so red, even though he gets a large helping of aquaphor each change. Anyway this is Levi pre-op, and below is post-op. It was nice to have our friend Heidi Cottle helping us after his surgery. He was not a happy guy, he ended up getting two rounds of morphine which as you can see settled him into a nice nap. When he woke up from his nap he wasn't very steady on his feet and still not feeling very well, luckily he was able to take a second nap that day. It's too bad that it takes illness to get your kids you take nice long naps. Anyway - after a week of recovery we are getting back on our feet.
It was kind of funny that the doctor asked me if he snored, which he really didn't, then
on the way home it sounded like there was a little bear in the back seat. I love my Levi bug.
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