Ear relief!

May 2: Tubes
It has been months of chronic ear infections for Ally.  Last Tuesday, when we visited the ENT, Dr. Sipp pulled out about an inch worth of "junk" out of her left ear.  Her left ear had ruptured, healed and then was compacted with tissue and gunk that couldn't get out, and infected again.  (I was really embarrassed at first, I thought she had stuck something in her ear! ) Regardless, it was gross!  No wonder the poor thing couldn't hear when she was in the sound booth!

JC and I couldn't wait for this day to come, in hopes that we (all 3 of us) would soon be getting some "real" uninterrupted sleep and relief for Ally as well.  Ally is a very happy baby, but her sleep comes in spurts at night.  On average, JC and I are up about every 3 hours with Ally.  She usually fusses a little (or a lot) takes a few sips of her bottle (milk or water), and then goes back to sleep, elevated by our pillows or even lays across my belly to elevate her head.  Regardless, we feel bad for her, so every night she starts in her own crib, and somehow always ends up between JC and I in the morning.  Sweet, but not, because WE are TIRED!  Hopefully, wiith tubes, we won't feel so sorry for her and she will have to cry it out, in her crib. Tough Love!  (Not really looking forward to that, either)

Even though the procedure went well, she had  A LOT of bleeding, so now the tubes are probably already filled with dry blood.  (So no sleep relief quite yet!) Back to the ENT on Thursday!

Waiting to be seen

Waiting in the room

Playing and waiting

Ally was a great patient on Monday, especially considering that she had to be exhausted (birthday party the day before) and hungry! 

After surgery, it was so heart wrenching  to see Ally come out of the anesthetic, she was NOT happy.  We tried to give her a bottle of apple juice (yes, a bottle, I haven't transistioned to the sippy cup yet) , but she wasn't having it.  She only drinks milk and water. It was a tough morning, but I spent most of the afternoon, cuddled with her on the couch...now that was not so bad.  I enjoyed every minute of it!!  Love you Ally Gray, and let's hope you can hear us better now and get some quality sleep!