Clayton's Surgery

Well on Monday Clayton went in to have tubes put in both ears. We had to be there at 6:15 am, so Clayton and I left the apartment at 5:30am to head up to Primary Children's. It was a long morning. Clayton sure did look cute in his little hospital outfit though.

I must say that Clayton did great while we were waiting for him to get taken back for surgery. Compared to some of the other babies he was amazing. I couldn't believe how good he was for not having eaten since almost midnight the night before. I got him to sleep while I was waiting to talk to the Doctor before surgery. On of the nurses came up to give him some Tylenol to help with the pain for after the surgery. Well I had just gotten him to sleep, but as soon as he tasted that Tylenol his eyes just popped open. It was funny, he's got the same personality his sister has.

Well the anesthesiologist took Clayton to the room they were going to put the tubes in and I headed to the waiting room. I kid you not I was in that waiting room for maybe 15 minutes and I was already heading to the recovery room. Well before the nurse could even show me which one he was I knew because he was not happy.


I wouldn't be that happy either I guess. I got to give him some apple juice after the surgery to get something in his tummy. We hung out for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour so that they could keep an eye on him before discharging him. When I finally got him calmed down enough he noticed a TV about us and he leaned back and just stared at it. It was so funny because he was so focused on it.

Now we're trying to remember we can't be as loud around him. I honestly think I'm noticing some improvement already. He seems more sensitive to sound and startles a lot easier now too. I have to take him back to the University of Utah hospital on April 15 for another hearing test to see what's going on after the tubes. He'll get sedated for the test because I didn't think he would sleep for an hour or more without waking up. That will be a fun way to spend my anniversary. But it's not like James and I were planning to celebrate that day anyways.

James propped him up on the Boppy pillow against the couch and he fell asleep later that day...

And of course Elizabeth thought that was the perfect time to go and give him a kiss. And I think she tried to steal his pacifier too.