Trevor's Big Ear Day!

We arrived bright and early to Children's Hospital in Minneapolis for Trevor's double ear tube surgery. Well, not too bad - 7:00am.

Once we got checked in we met nurse Doreen who took Trevor's vitals. He wasn't really a fan of getting that done. He's like his Daddy - no poking or prodding allowed!

Since no eating or drinking is allowed for many hours before surgery, Trevor was a starvin' marvin. The Tylenol he was given before surgery must have been a real treat to his empty tummy!

Children's Hospital really is bright and cheery and good for kids. We were very impressed with everyone we met!

The anesthesiologist was great! He spent lots of time making sure all of our questions were answered. And we had a few given that the anesthesia was the most scary part of the procedure for us!


It was a rather long wait for the 8:30 am procedure but luckily Mommy's iphone can pass the time pretty easily for our little techie!

Hey Trevor - don't you know that a watched pot never boils? Same can go for a door and a doctor arriving!

Trevor had no problem making himself right at home with a TV and a lounger!

He was also very content given the huge pile of books we brought and that they had in the room!

And before we knew it, it was time! Only one parent could go to the operating with Trevor so Mommy went because he is all about Mom these days :) When we stopped in the hallway for Mommy to put on her gown and cap, the male nurse anesthesiologist held Trevor. Trevor didn't want to go back to Mommy once she was done so he went in the operating room being held by the male nurse anesthesiologist. What a big boy!

As soon as we hit the operating room door though Mommy got a bit teary (can you say memories of her c-section) and Trevor wasn't at all excited by the numerous people in scrubs all staring at him. When the anesthesiologist sat him on the operating room table Trevor was very resistant and started crying, screaming, and flailing around. They struggled a bit to get the mask over his nose to start the anesthesia because Trevor is feisty and strong. So he's crying and scared and Mommy's crying but trying to calm him by singing "our song" but she can't help but keep saying "I'm sorry pooks. I'm sorry" over and over. About 45 seconds later he was out and a nurse walked Mommy back to the room where Daddy was waiting.

We heard from numerous friends not to hold him while he went under (because of the feeling of limp, dead weight) and luckily we didn't even have that option but the visual of him laying there all calm after struggling because he didn't understand what was happening to him was pretty much the same thing for this Mommy. Ugh :(

After Mommy got back to the room and settled down and said some prayers we snapped a quick photo of the clock. Ahead of schedule - that's a first! Don't hospitals and doctors offices always run late?

In honor of Trevor, we continued to watch Handy Manny while we waited for news on his operation.

And after what felt like forever the Doctor surprised us by saying Trevor was all done and did great! YAY!!!! He said that Trevor had a lot of fluid and pus so he sucked that out and placed the tubes (which are the color white). We snapped a picture of the doctor by the clock so we could remember how fast it really was!

And about 20 minutes later our brave little boy was back in our arms! The nurse said that when he woke up in recovery he was confused so they gave him Skip It to which Trevor made clear that wasn't what he wanted by continually throwing it to the ground. Hello, he just wanted Mommy and Daddy!

When he first got back to the room he was just all cuddly but about 15 minutes after that he must have remembered that he missed breakfast and took full advantage of the Popsicle:

and two juice boxes!

We were discharged about 9:30 and stopped into the gift shop after he spotted a balloon. Instead of the balloon though, Trevor reached out for the Curious George stuffed animal and wouldn't let go of giving it a big hug. Guess what came home up with us? Yep, that and a book called "Pacifiers are not forever." Our goal is to be done with his nuk by June 1. Wish us luck :)

Since Trevor was back to his old self we stopped at Perkins for a special breakfast. Trevor definitely made up for not having anything for the past 3 hours by downing pancakes, bacon, muffin, breakfast potatoes, and some sausage. He is definitely a good eater! Big surprise, right?

Once we got home he was excited to play with his toys. It almost seemed like he was going around to each one to really hear what they sounded like. But he was pretty tired so his play time was pretty short. He then took a 3 hour nap!

When he woke up he and Daddy went to play at 2 local parks and at 3:15 Mommy got back from work (she had to go in for leadership training. Well, didn't have to but since Trevor was sleeping it worked out for her to go in for about 3 hours). Trevor is chatting away today and happily greeted Mommy by telling her what he and Daddy had been up to (none of it was really understandable but it was fun to see him attempt!) After that Grandma and Grandpa Hillins stopped over and were glad to see that Trevor was a happy boy!

We got out a new toy for Trevor - a water table and he loved it! He is so proud when he can figure something out for himself!

After he'd do something, Grandma and Papa would clap and Trevor would turn around and smile!

Yay Trevor!!

Hmmm...not sure if Dada or Trevor likes the water table more!

We finished the evening by making Trevor's other favorite meal - mac-n-cheese. But on Trevor's special day he got the homemade version made with lots of love!

We feel so lucky and blessed that everything went so well. We need to put in antibiotic ear drops 3x/day for the next three days and then see the doctor again in three weeks. He does have his 18 month appt with his pediatrician on Monday so it will be good to have that in between appt to make sure things look good. Thanks again for all of your thoughts and prayers. Your support really helped us to get through this :)