After Surgery

Surgery went great! Tucker was such a brave boy. No tears or crying until he was back in my arms. All the nurses and the Dr. commented on how good he was. I am so proud of him and also glad that it is over with. I didn't realize how anxious I was about until we left the Surgery Center to come home. While he was under they also cleaned out his ears and found out that he has a perforated eardrum in his left ear. This is apparently from having multiple tubes put in - we've only had 3 sets. It is possible when they took the tube out in September that this happened but we are not sure. Not to happy to hear this, as now Tucker will have a 40% hearing loss for the rest of his life in this ear, and if it does not close on his own, then he will have to have it repaired surgically in a couple of years. Ugh!!!!!! Anyway, we were shocked to hear this, but also we are not too worried about it. He could have many other problems that come with the Down syndrome, so this bit of news seems minor in the bigger picture. Here are a couple of pictures of Tucker when we came home today. He really wanted to play at first, but after getting comfy, sleep took over.