Grommets

Early yesterday morning Jake and I took Josie to the hospital to have bilateral grommet (tube) insertions and an adenoidectomy.  She's suffered some hearing loss due to what they diagnose here as "glue ear" which basically means that she has fluid behind her ear that won't drain and the eardrum can't vibrate to allow lower level sounds to process.  She's also suffered from febrile seizures several times and always when she was having double ear infections.  And even though her middle name is Grace, she's suffered enough goose eggs to cancel any hope of living up to that name.

The surgery went great and the staff and hospital was very nice.  She had a hard time coming off the anesthesia and just wanted to go home and kept crying for Moon Dog, our car.  They had us hang around for 2 hours after she came out of the OR in order to make sure she wasn't going to have any bleeding from the adenoids being taken out. This two hours consisted of her attempting to and almost succeeding to rip her IV plug out, screaming, crying and thrashing around.  The second we walked out of the hospital she started smiling and hasn't been upset since.  

We've already noticed her hearing things that she wasn't able to hear before the surgery.  She speaks at a lower volume however, her Darth Vader breathing and snoring seemed to have increased in intensity.  I guess this is normal due to the inflammation from the adenoidectomy.  We're so happy that she's able to hear again!

A big thanks to Nadine for coming over at (gulp) 6 am on her day off to give Sophie a fun morning.  Also thanks to Lisa and Joanne for bringing over some super fun flowers, cards and bubbles.  Josie was so excited to see them when she woke up!  Thanks to our long distance family and friends for all of their thoughts and advice.  We love you all and are so blessed to have such great people in our lives.