Lauren Gets Her Tubes

Lauren finally got her tubes! Hopefully, no more ear infections! We got up early and headed to the hospital. Poor baby couldn't eat from 12:00 on. She did really, really well. You could tell that she was hungry before she went into surgery though. Not long before they took her back, she fell asleep. That made it super easy for the nurses and doctors. They took her back, and Thomas and I ran to the cafeteria with a pager in hand to eat breakfast (we didn't want to eat in front of Lauren). We knew we had to hurry, but we were only half way through scarfing down breakfast when the pager went off. We hurriedly threw away our half eaten breakfast and rushed to see our baby. She was still asleep when they took us back to her. The doctor said she had a lot of build up in her ears and assured us that she should be able to hear better now. Finally, Lauren started stirring. She came out of the anesthesia so nicely. I quickly gave her a bottle (which she scarfed down), and they sent us home.


Mommy and Lauren waiting in the waiting room to be called back.


Lauren in her hospital gown. She HATED the bands on her ankles and kept trying to get them off.