I knew when she had an ear infection on Christmas that we were probably on the road to tubes again. And of course after being on antibiotics for 2 weeks it was still there, sealed the deal. But I would rather her have these than have to be on antibiotics on and off for the next few months. And with all that fluid in her ears, I’m sure it’s hard to hear and I know it’s making her not sleep well.
We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 am. She was schedule to be the 2nd one of the morning. When we got there they told us that the kid that was supposed to be before Arden had called in and had a fever so they couldn’t do surgery so they would be getting Arden back as soon as possible! We got there at 6:30 and we’re in and out by 8:00! Crazy!! It was the first time we had a surgery at the new hospital and it was very nice! She had a private waiting/recovery room and that was new for us!! Arden was so good! The only time she gave us any trouble was when we tried to get her to drink the “goofy juice”. She didn’t want to take it, but we finally got her to, it just took awhile. And then just a couple of minutes after she got it down they were ready to take her back so we didn’t even get to see her all silly! What a bummer! I’m not sure if she would have rivaled Stratton in the entertainment department or not! He’s a trip! She was much more low key during the check-in process. She was very quiet and observant. But she didn’t cry or fuss at all.
We got to go back to holding with her and after they took her back to surgery we went back to her room to wait. I bet we weren’t there 10 minutes before Dr. Lansford was coming through the door to tell us it all went perfectly and she had been taken to recovery and would be back to her room soon. 10 minutes later here she came! She wasn’t happy!!! She cried and cried and cried. . . I think it was the anesthesia more than anything. We stayed a few more minutes, got her ear drops and they let us go! I was very surprised how fast it went this time!
Once we got home, she got a snack and a drink and she was back to her normal self in no time! I did give her some tylenol just in case she had some pain, but she really didn’t act like she felt bad at all! I decided I would let her wear panties since I knew we’d be home all day. Well after being in them approximately 5 minutes she peed all over herself and SOAKED the couch. Nice. She had to put on some clean clothes and she found a t-shirt of Stratton’s in the clean laundry basket and put it on. Silly girl! She played and watched TV most of the morning.
Having a banana. And she asked to put the bib on. I don’t make her wear them anymore! She found it in some baby stuff I had in a basket for the garage sale and had to have it.
I guess her ears felt funny, she picked at them all day.
Such a lady!
Jarrod took down all the outside Christmas decorations, and ran some errands and shortly after lunch Arden went down for a nap. I decided to take this opportunity to clean out Stratton’s room and toys! I got a huge trash bag full of trash, and several smaller bags of yard sale stuff! I should have taken before and after pictures! Jarrod took all the garage sale stuff to the storage unit. We ended up getting quite a bit done! After Arden’s nap Gigi came to see her. She and Pops had been in Florida on vacation for the last week and she brought the kids some prizes from their trip! Then a little later, Jarrod’s parents brought Stratton home. The kids were glad to see each other! They played and played! Mom left to go visit with Darcy for a bit and we got some supper then Terry and Margie headed home and we all went to bed! What a Long day!!
Mom and dad got Stratton a pirate skull mask that came with a gun, knife and a sword. Well, Arden got ahold of it and the gun and it might as well have been hers! They should have bought two of them!! She was a very convincing ruthless pirate!!
Chasing each other around with guns and swords. . .a normal Monday night in our house.
Ha! Stratton’s muscles.
And notice the cushion missing off the couch, it was still drying from the pee incident.
One day I WILL HAVE nice NEW furniture, but not anytime soon.
Reading with Nan before bedtime.
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You're still doing better than me in the furniture dept. we still don't have anything in our master except a mattress on box spring! And one Chest of drawers. I'm determined to have night stands and a headboard before we turn 40!?!?
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