Tubed!

Dash's ear tubes are in! 

This morning, we drove to Philly at 5 am for a 6 am arrival for the procedure.  After a thorough check-up, Dash was anesthetized at 7:30, the procedure performed fairly quickly, and then we rejoined him in recovery when he woke up from a nice nap at 8:30.  Since he drank a 16 oz Slurpee right away, we were discharged quickly (at 9:30) and arrived home at 10:30, via Dunkin Donuts to meet Dash's demands for a pink donut.  So he's already eating better!  He'll be woozy and find it a bit hard to stay stable on his feet today, but he should be back to normal -- God help us all -- tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone who sent good thoughts and prayers our way for this procedure.  And a big, huge, THANK YOU to St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, which has the nicest group of nurses, doctors and staff of any hospital or practice we've ever seen.  I'm almost sad to be moving away from such fantastic medical care -- but, hopefully, we'll no longer need it!