Ear Tubes

This morning at 4am, we woke up and got ready to be at the hospital at 5:30 for Griffin to have ear tube surgery.  I just thought I would show some pics of his visit.  Most people probably thought I was crazy taking pictures, but it was picture worthy!  He did great!  The actual surgery lasted around 10 minutes, but we had to be there for the prep, surgery, and recovery.  

To be honest, I was surprisingly calm about my own child.  God was very gracious to allow Griffin to fall asleep before he went back, which made the "giving up" part easier.  The hardest part was to be in a waiting room full of people who had much worse situations than ours.  Several children, probably ranging from ages 10-12, very conscious of the fact that they were about to have surgery, were in the waiting area with us.  I don't know the situations, but the anxiety in the room was THICK!!!  It broke my heart for these kids, and at the same time, made me thankful for having 2 healthy boys.   Below are some pictures of Griffin pre-surgery.  I would have taken some after, but believe me, he wasn't having ANY of it!  :-)

Bright and early, ready for surgery....

Just got prepped....now just waiting

Mommy getting some love 

Let's get this over with already!

Griffin's medical bracelets....call me crazy, I took these too!  

Slowly falling asleep in the waiting area