Luke Getting Tubes- Take 2

Luke is having surgery next Tuesday, March 9. We won't know the exact time until Monday when we get the pre-op call.

Dr. Burkett said Luke's ear holes are closed nicely and he is ready for a second set of tubes. He found lots of fluid behind Luke's sinuses and will flush for that, and also remove the adenoid glands. His hearing test was less than perfect, but they expect that to resolve itself after the surgery and fluid is gone. Luke was a little trooper and laid so still for his x-ray-- he even smiled for the nurse when she had him in a headlock! We will start him on another antibiotic tonight to keep him from getting any bugs between now and surgery. They said he is a ticking time bomb for infection with all of that fluid. When Dr. Burkett removes fluid, he ranks it on a 6 point scale in his notes... every time he sees Luke, he reads his notes and tells us he marked Luke as having 7+ of fluid removed... he expects he will see this again.

My mom will come up and stay for the week so we don't have to rush him back to day care-- recovery will be a little slower with the addition of other stuff to the tube placement. We are supposed to prepare for temperature and bad breath. And then our baby will hear again! Remember us next week... even though it is a very routine procedure, his Momma still gets a little nervous.