All Done!

We're home and Jack is doing well. Everything went great, he was a very good patient, and it did go as fast as they said it would. They took him back for anesthesia at 7:50 and before 8:00 the ENT had come back out and said they were done and told us how the ears looked, etc. By about 8:05 Jack was awake and in recovery. We were able to go right back to him, he was understandably upset as he was waking and shaking off the anesthesia. Within a few minutes he was calm and able to drink some milk. We were home by 8:45. He seems back to normal now, with a snack and some Elmo. We have a check up in 3 weeks. The place where the procedure was done really made it all easy and relaxed. It was an outpatient surgery center separate from a hospital. It was not crowded and we had very personalized attention. Everyone having anything to do with it talked to us extensively and you could tell they were used to working with children. Jack was very comfortable with the operating room nurse and by the time they took him he went with her willingly. He had his special blanket and cuddly toys, the anesthesiologist had the honor of carrying 'sheepie' back. We were able to wait in the pre-op area, which was just feet from the operating room and the recovery area (so as they said, we did hear him before we were able to go see him). It was difficult to see him upset and not understanding what was happening, but great now to see him doing well and hopefully on the road to recovery! Thanks for all of the good thoughts!!