Miles woke me up this morning at 6:45 and I got out of bed quickly because I knew we had to leave for Cody's ear tube surgery at 7:30. My plan was to feed Miles right away before Cody woke up so Cody wouldn't ask for breakfast too because I knew he would be really confused if I refused to let him eat or drink anything.Cody woke up when Miles was still eating but it turned out not to be a big deal because I basically had enough time to get us all dressed before it was time to go. Miles cried when I left him with my MIL but that didn't surprise me at all.
We got to the hospital, registered Cody and they checked his vitals and asked me a ton of questions. Then I had to put him in some hospital pj's that opened in the front and we waited in the kids playroom until they were ready for him. Next we went to the surgery floor and after a bit of a wait, a nice nurse explained to Cody that he was going to see the doctor and she showed him pictures of a hospital room and said he was going to go there and lie down and take big breaths from a special mask. Cody had no clue what she was talking about. He sat with me and I read him some books and as expected he started to cry when they asked him to go with the nurse so she quickly scooped him up and carried him away. I had a nervous stomach the whole morning because I wasn't sure how it was going to go. I just wanted it all to be over with. Half an hour later the doctor said he did great, that there was a lot of fluid in his ears and we'd have to give him ear drops for a while. I was taken into the recovery room and held Cody on my lap for about 45 minutes. He was so spacey it was scary. His pupils were little pinpricks and he seemed so out of it and sleepy. I knew it was normal but it's still disconcerting to see your child like that. He lay against me and watched Barney and didn't really respond to anything I asked him but I knew he was ok. He had a popsicle and then I carried him back to pediatrics eventually while someone pushed his crib.
In pediatrics we gave him some juice and jello and finally he started to snap out of it and seem like himself again. They took his vitals and let him play in the playroom again for half an hour before taking his vitals again and then discharging him. We got breakfast at Tim Hortons because I was starving at this point and so was he. The little monkey ate a muffin and 4 timbits. We got his prescription and went home after that.
We were out of the house for 5 hours and my MIL was watching Miles. I am very appreciative that she did that for us but omg she so does not listen to me and it is frustrating! I wanted Miles to stay at home to have his regular naps and not be out all day so he'd be in a good mood and just because I like him to sleep in his crib as much as possible because it's what's best for him. So what does my MIL do? Keep him out all day! I told her he is ready for a nap after being up for 2 hours and because he cried right when we left she put him in the stroller and walked with him for FOUR hours. Four! Wtf! It's like she's afraid of him or something. All she had to do was take him for a 10 minute walk and then bring him home and show him some toys and he would have been fine but no she keeps him out forever until he is an exhausted mess. Ugh.
Anyways, Cody was pretty tired shortly after we got home even though he didn't want to admit it so I put him to bed. Poor kid could hardly keep his eyes open. The rest of the day he seemed no different than usual. Putting the drops in his ears 4 times a day is a little slice of hell though since he has to keep his head tilted for 2 minutes on each side. I laid him down for it but he still cried both times. And I have a week of that left. Oh lucky me.
On the plus side I tracked my calories perfectly today. No more days where I just randomly decide to splurge and not count calories. No way! I need this fat gone like yesterday. I can do this dammit! I have a little less than 2 months before I return to work and I better be 10lbs lighter than I am now and much more toned. I will do it :)
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