Round 2- Ear Surgery
Well, Ashton had his major reconstructive ear surgery yesterday. It turned out to be a really long day and super long surgery. This is Ash waiting to get changed and go to surgery.
He looked so cute in his hospital jammies! He got to pick a stuffed animal and a toy. When we first got to the hospital there was a Christmas tree with stuffed animals all over it. Ash got to choose one and when we read the tag I got choked up. If said, "Good luck, the Windsor 1st ward YW." I was so grateful to those young women who at some point put this tree together to comfort children. They will never know how much they helped Ash be comfortable. He held it the whole time he was in he hospital and since he has been home. This is one more reason I love the church!

This is after he was done and he was trying to come out of the anisthetic. It is really hard to wake up and so I was trying to calm him down as he was not a happy campler! His surgery was 5 hours long which was two hours longer than we thought it would be. He had to have his ear drum reconstructed and they had to clean out a ton of skin that had grown and developed in his ear and clear back into his skull. Not fun!!

Ash did much better waking up this time than 3 weeks ago when he had his tonsils out. As you can see he is sleeping soundly here. He did so great and I was so proud of him! He has been such a trooper and so good to listen to the doctor's and nurses. He is such a good boy and I couldn't love him any more!

This morning we took of Ashton's bandages and this is what we saw. He has about 10 staples holding his ear on. They had to cut off his ear to get deeper into his ear. He was a little freaked out when he saw the picture, but then he wanted to show it to everyone he could. He definitely has bragging rights. How many 5 year old's do you know that have had their ear cut off and stapled back on?