Scotty + Surgery = Good Times!

Scotty wants to be exactly like his big brother even if it means enduring surgery to get tubes in his ears. Like Sam, he's had a slew of ear infections and so we had to sign him up for ear tubes. His procedure took place two weeks ago and he was a total champ. Everyone in the surgery ward was absolutely enamored with him.

This is what he looked like at 6:25 in the morning, checking in with the nurse. Sam and Izzy decided he should have some "lovies" with him so Izzy let him borrow her blanket and Sam lent him his pillow pet. So cute, I know.



Since we were the first ones in, Scotty got to do lots of exploring before he went into surgery. After getting measured and weighed, we were escorted to our room where he promptly played with the phone and messed around on the computer.






Shortly thereafter, he high-tailed out of his room and joined the nurses in the post-op room where they enjoyed hearing him play with the toilet. Mostly, he flushed the toilet over and over again but no one seemed to care and this mama right here wasn't about to mess with a good thing.




The most fun, however, took place when he discovered that the table in his room could be moved. Folks couldn't stop laughing with that one.




After he was done with the table shenanigans, he decided to try to open every door on the way to his room. All of them were locked which prompted him to look at me, shrug his shoulders and say "uh oh" with his arms thrown up in dismay.






One door finally did open. We entered. I changed into the hospital outfit they gave me and walked him into surgery. I sang some songs to him in Spanish and he was the calmest and sleepiest baby I'd ever seen. The surgery team was in awe of my awesomeness....I could totally tell.




Fifteen minutes later, it was all over.

Farewell ear infections!