Last week Luke had a long week filled with Dr.'s and waiting and surgery but he sure was a trooper! After 4 ear infections since February we decided for Luke to get tubes in his ears. He had the surgery at 7:30 am and we were so proud of him. We had to wake him up at 5:45 am to get him ready for surgery an hour before his 7:30 appointment....and he couldn't have anything to eat or drink until after the surgery. "Grandma Joan", his nurse, had prepped him and he snuggled in my arms watching one of his Baby Einstein videos until the Dr. was ready. Once he left he watched me over Grandma Joan's shoulder until he went through the big double doors but Ben was there to hug me and reassure me everything would be just fine. About 15 minutes later we were talking with the Dr. and everything went great! He said there was a lot of infected drainage in both ears so we were to expect bloody discharge for the next few days. Luke came back to me a little out of it but after a bottle of watered apple juice (his first juice ever because they had to make sure he could keep food/liquid down with the anisthetic) he quickly came back. :) He then downed all of his breakfast and began searching around his room. As he left he waved bye-bye and blew kisses to Grandma Joan and the staff. Such a sweetie. Later that afternoon he just happened to have his 1 year check-up where he had his 3 shots...long day BUT the tubes have already helped him so much. Most of the drainage has stopped but life with no ear infections has been pretty great. The pics on the blog are from his 1 year check-up as we forgot to pack the camera at 5:45 am. :)
Luke's Stats:Height: 31 inches (90th percentile)
Weight: 21 lbs. and 12 oz. (25th percentile)
* Disclaimer: The week before Luke weighed in well over 23 lbs. when we went to urgent care however, becuase of his ear infection he didn't eat as much the rest of the week. We are happy to report he is making up for lost time!!! He'll be back in no time. :)
Head Circumference: 18 1/2 (75th percentile)
Luke got his first hairs cut from his Dad!
I LOVE this picture!
We kept it classy using our orange-handled craft scissors. :)
Trusting Dad to make it look good!
Almost done...
" Mom, I told you! No pics until it's all done. I wanna impress the ladies!"
First haircut from Dad! Oh man Carson hasn't even had a haircut yet...what a trooper little Luke was. I know that face that you wrote about as the nurse took him to surgery...I got the exact same thing with Carson. But SO worth it! Way to go Luke!
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