David went under yesterday for the 6th time and of course yet again it was for his ears. Monday morning at Children's in Birmingham his doc cleaned out both his ears, checked on the site where he removed the tumor (looked great), removed the right tube that was growing into eardrum and patched the hole. No replacement tubes this time, which is a new thing to try for us. Crossing our fingers and asking for prayers over here.
He did great at the hospital, which is no surprise. He is so used to the whole deal that he just takes it in stride. He talked to the anesthesiologist and picked cotton candy smell for his "go to sleep" gas. Then he went walking down the hall with the nurse into the double doors to the OR. Doc came out super fast and gave the good report. It was a little long before he came from recovery. Turns out the nurses were in love - he had made a girlfriend of the patient in the bed next to him and they were just chatting away. The nurses were cracking up and didn't want to interrupt. Also he told them all his birthday was coming up and that they were all invited to the party in Montgomery and that his mom would "call them with the details".
The recovery has been fine. Little pain in the right ear, irritability and fever (to be expected). He is home again today, but probably would have been ok at school. He seems to feel much better this morning.
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