Our Kids

Well Lela had her appt with the ENT at the surgery center today at 615A. That meant an early morning for the Scottsdale Haslups and a few of the Chandler Haslups. Grammy and Grampy came down to watch the girls. Piper slept in until her normal time just after 7 and lucky for them Landis had been up from 1-5A with mommy (um…yeah?) so she slept until after Piper got up.

Meanwhile we headed to the surgery center. Lela was all smiles and cheery, well as cheery as she can be at 530A. We got all signed in and waited. She started to get thirsty but otherwise did not complain. Just after 7 she and I headed back to talk to the anesthesiologist, the nurse and the surgeon. She was pretty much ignoring all the smiling faces and kind words from the staff. Pretty soon they said it was time to go and she walked off with them without a peep. About 5-10 min later we were in with Dr. Chuang and he was telling us all went well. She had what he called “glue ear” which I guess is very thick mucous which they removed. About 5 min later we were in with her. She was a bit disoriented and crying but soon calmed down and we were out of there. She had some snacks (dried cheerios) on the way home and some water.

We watched a little TV, she complained about pain in her right ear (we motrin’d her up) and then we did some crafting. So far so good, she is eating and feeling good. Her school teacher came by and brought her a present and a DVD (was that not the sweetest thing). She even brought a gift for Landis, super sweet of her.

Now we can put antibiotic drops directly on the source of the bacteria and hopefully kill it for good. The only real downside is that she can’t get her ears wet for a long time but it isn’t an issue because that girl can swim or bathe for hours and not get a drop on her from the neck up:)

Other than the parents (and grandparents) needing a nap we are all doing good. Thanks to friends and family for the kind thoughts and support.