Tubes!

All ready to go!

Really bad tasting giggle juice:(

about as goofy as she got....she kept saying "E.T. phone home!" (p.s. she's never even seen that movie she just hears me quoting it from time to time:)

Best part of surgery!

She was very embarrassed to have to ride in this...but when we stood up she realized she might just need it:/

Wednesday morning Abby had to get tubes in her ears for the first time. She has never had any trouble with her ears until recently. We have watched Abby struggle with allergies since we moved back from DC 3 years ago and nothing has seemed to help. About 6 months ago I got Abby an appointment with an allergist and thats when we realized her ears were in bad shape!
Thankfully we have been able to get her allergies under control but her ear infections have never let up. Well our last resort was surgery but we were so tired of the antibiotics that Greg and I decided this was our best option.
She did great during the surgery, a bit scared but her sweet brother talked her through the whole thing since he's had tubes TWICE:( We brought the camera along to catch her being goofy with the sleeping drug but she never got goofy she was pretty chill and then fell asleep fast.
The only concern she expressed was that she would all alone during surgery which made me so sad to think about:( The procedure only lasted 10 minutes tops and then she woke-up pretty quick and we got to go back and see her. Her first words were, "Mom, where were you? I woke-up to a ton of nurses and doctors starring at me!" Awe, I felt terrible...poor girl she must have been so scared!
Well, she recovered really fast and was eating a popsicle within 15 minutes and was all smiles.
We are so grateful both the kids have been able to get relief from their ear infections they are so painful!!
Greg and I are really hoping this will be our last time EVER in the hospital with the kiddos...the next time better be in 15-20 years and there better be a grandbaby to show for it;)