Tubes!

Bennett had ear infections all summer. After six the doctor finally said I needed to take him to the ENT. I was ready after four but I waited for the peditrician's advice. I knew if he had that many during the summer the fall and winter were going to be miserable for him and me. The ENT took a look and said he needed tubes. Thank you! The procedure was this past Friday morning. I took Bennett to the hospital at 6:30 am and had Chris stay home with Ella. We arrived at the hospital to find out the ENT's nurse never called to schedule his surgery. AHHH... A nurse called Dr. Bates and he said he would of course do it. Things ran a little later since he had another baby scheduled at 7:30 but we got tubes. He said Bennett's right ear had a bad infection and had ruptured (membrane I think) within the past 24 hours. Poor Bennett never cries and he cried all day Thursday. I assumed he had an infection. The doctor cleaned it up. I sure hope this does the trick. He's had a runny nose since Friday and I mean nasty runny nose. It's like all the fluid that was sitting in his little ears has been draining out his nose.

He seemed fine after we got home. He wasn't really fussy and didn't appear to be tired so we went with some friends to the Owens Farm Pumpkin Patch. He was content in his stroller which told me he wasn't 100% but when I let him out he was running around and his normal self.

Feeling loopy right before they took him back

All done! Just finished a bottle of pedilyte. Since he wasn't on the schedule a nurse never called and told me to bring an empty sippy cup!

Pumpkin Patch

Ella, Bryce & Layne

Hayride

The best I could get with all four kids.

I'll take a picture, Mommy.

They would not look at the camera at the same time.

Who'd have guessed he just had surgery?!?!?