Ear Surgery

Emerson had his second ear surgery today. We arrived at the surgery center at 6:45 this morning and the nurse took Emerson back at 7:30. At 8:15 we were taken to his bed and he was still sleeping off the anesthesia. The doctor said his adenoids were very inflamed so it is good that they were taken out. He also said that he succtioned a lot of fluid out from behind his ear drums before inserting the new tubes. Emerson slept for about another hour before we could rouse him enough to take him home. Emerson and I dropped Brent off at work by about 9:45 and we headed off to the pharmacy to fill his antibiotic. Of course when we got there we were told they had gotten the prescription, but didn't have any of the antibiotic in stock. Since Emerson is alergic to two of the big three groups of antibiotics, we have to give him medicine that isn't normally stocked in the pharmacy. They did find some for him anyway that they had filled the day before because the prescription had already been called in the previous day by someone else. I love it when doctors communicate with each other. Anyway, we got our prescription and headed home. Emerson ended up sleeping at home for just over another two hours. When he woke up, there was an insane amount of puss and blood coming out of his ears. I called the nurse and asked about it. She told me that he had a major ear infection and it was coming out of the newly inserted tubes. After watching "Cars" Emerson was starting to wake up and feeling much better. He doesn't seem to be bothered at all by his adenoids being taken out. The discharge out of his ears is what is bothering him the most. It is hard to believe that so much puss can reside in one small child's head. The doctor took some out and then even more drained at home. These new tubes should last at least a year instead of the six months from the last ones. Emerson is feeling much better and we would like to thank everyone for all the wellwishes and good thoughts. Thank you so much!