Whit's Surgery :(

Last Monday, I took Whit in for his 12 month check-up, and we found out that he weighs 23 lbs. and is 30.5 inches tall, which puts him in the 50th percentile for weight and the 50-75th percentile for height. Everything looked great until they checked his ears and found out he had a double ear infection! That news was upsetting enough, but what was even worse was knowing that because he got yet another ear infection, he would have to get tubes in both ears. We went to our pre-op appointment at the ENT on Thursday morning, and Whit's ear tube surgery is scheduled for tomorrow at Scottish Rite. They are going to call us this afternoon to let us know his surgery time, but they take kids from the youngest to the oldest, so I'm pretty sure his will be done early in the morning. We are supposed to be there 1 1/2-2 hours before the surgery start time, so it will be a very early start to the morning. Even though I know the surgery only takes 15 minutes, and our ENT does this procedure all the time, I am still so nervous and feel sick to my stomach every time I think about my baby going under anesthesia. Please, please pray that everything goes smoothly tomorrow. I am really hoping that these tubes will allow Whit to live an ear infection-free life from now on. Bless his heart...since September, he has had at least 6 ear infections that I can think of off the top of my head. I will try to update the blog as soon as we get home from the surgery.