Ear tubes for Lane

Today, sweet baby Lane had ear tubes placed in both ears. Spenser never had ear infections so this is the first time any of our kids had surgery or was put under anesthesia. Since the 2nd week of April, Lane has had boogies & gunk including in the eye so I assumed he had allergies & then he started to pull at his ears so I took him into the doctor. They gave him liquid antibiotics & after 2 days he seemed to be worse. His temp was going up too. He was one sick puppy. So I called the nurse line to see what she thought & she said to bring him in. We went in & decided to do antibiotic injections of a stronger medicine. It was 3 days in a row that he had to get the shots. But they worked, temp was down & he was better. Then about 1-2 weeks later, I could tell his was sick again, so I took him in (again) & the doctor said yep full blown infections in both ears (again) so we did another round of triple day shots (again)!  Doctor said since this is round 2, it's time to see a specialist. Lane's follow up was therefore with a specialist who said yes, since this is a strong drug & he's been on it twice in a month, it's time for tubes because he will only keep getting infections. His appointment was early morning & then we went back & he was fussy. I took a photo of him in his scrubs with my phone, but you'll never see it since Lane put my phone in a glass of water a few weeks later & I lost everything on it & had to get a new phone!  Anyhow- the doctor came & personally carried him back to surgery. Oh the lump in my throat! While being carried back, sweet cuddle bug Lane put his head on te doctors shoulder. Jon & I went to the waiting room & I didn't know if I was going to need to step outside to cry or not but I was ok. Doctor said surgery would be about 10 min. After about 2 min, he came out to waiting woom & I said " what is it, what's wrong"?  & he said "nothing we're done & he did great"!.  Whew!  We went back to see him & he was out of the bed & sitting in a nurse's lap. When he saw us though, he started to fuss & cry. We took him home & all has been well!  Totally worth it. There have been times since the tubes that Lane has had boogies & I could tell if he hadn't had the surgery, he would have had another full blown double ear infection. We also think he can hear better too!

Tee ball for Spenser!

Spenser said he would like to play Tee ball so I told him that was fine but once I paid for it, he would finish out the season. His first practice was on Apr 24 & he has practice every Thurs from 7-8pm until June 19!  His first game was today & his last is scheduled for June 21. Games are every Sat. His team is called the Hooks & I have no idea what a hook has to do with baseball but no matter. It is done through the YMCA here. It is so cute & sometimes comical. He has gotten better at throwing, but still needs work on catching (he stands in one place as opposed to running with the glove out wherever the ball is going) & hitting. He hits good but not very hard & he's a lefty so I think the standing positions up to bat are uncomfortable for him. At his first game, when he did hit the ball, he'd stand there & then they would tell him to run & then he would run to first with helmet flying off!  Then once at first & the other person hit the ball, he would stand there too until they told him to run to 2nd base!

Some photos & video of his season:

Bored- so he digs in the dirt!

 

 

Up to bat

 

Got it!

 

Running home!

First time at bat

Far hit