surgery is on!

finn's ear tube surgery is still on for tomorrow, despite hurricane sandy's best efforts to screw things up!

we are really excited to get it behind us!

it was definitely nerve wracking going into surgery with finn last december, when he was only 9 months old, to have his ear tubes put in.  but the surgery only lasted a few minutes- it's so quick! and he did great. 

this go round, things are going to be a little more complicated.  finn has to have an auditory brain stem hearing test while he's under anesthesia.  this will tell us how his brain is translating sound.  it was recommended by his doctors since his hearing tests have been so inconclusive.  the hearing test itself is non-invasive and doesn't carry any risks, it's just that finn has to be completely still during it, and that's why they wanted to do it after he is already asleep for his ear tubes.

...the only thing is, the hearing test takes two hours.
a lot longer than the five minutes the ear tube surgery takes.  so he's going to be under anesthesia for a significantly longer period of time than before.  this means he has a greater risk of being sick to his stomach when he wakes up (and we have a greater risk of being sick to our stomachs while he's asleep! ahhh the nerves!)

so tomorrow morning he will enjoy a heaping breakfast of jello and water, and then we'll head to the hospital.  we are praying for an easy and successful surgery day with no surprises!  we appreciate your thoughts and prayers (and my favorite positive hippie vibes of course!)

we'll let you know how he does! here's some fun hurricane sandy pictures in the meantime! :)

i love it when dad's home from work!

playing on our hurricane air mattress!

sandy tree explosion.

we have a lot of cleaning up to do, mom!

surveying the damage.

this way!

pondering puddles.