A Not-so-fun Vacation

In September Chad and I decided it would be fun to take the family on a little fall vacation. We planned to go to Moab, somewhere we've never been before (go figure!)--it sounded so nice to just get away for a few days. Well, not to long after our vacation discussion, Noah had an appointment with the ENT who determined that Noah needed his tonsils out...soon. THEN, Aaron had his initial speech therapy evaluation and they noticed that he was saying almost exclusively only vowel sounds. They said they didn't think his ear tubes (placed less than a year ago at the time) were working right. Hence another trip to the ENT who said Aaron needed new tubes and his adenoids out. Of course, all of our medical flex spending money for the year was gone by then and that meant we had two surgeries that needed to be done ASAP and paid for out of pocket. So we changed our plans. We decided to go on a vacation to the McKay Dee Surgical Center in nearby Ogden, Utah. I'm not certain since I've never been to Moab before, but I can almost bet that Moab would've been a whole lot more fun than the surgical center!











What wasn't meant to be. At least not this year.

Thankfully the surgeries went well. Noah was in on Monday and thankfully there haven't been any major complications. It's still taking him awhile to recover--he still seems a little out of it a lot of the time and is super moody. Aaron went in on Thursday and although his surgery was a lot less intensive he had some kind of reaction to one of the medicines they gave him after the surgery and it made for an interesting ride home. But he's doing excellent now, and other than his bad breath you'd never know he even had surgery!

Noah's tonsils. It seemed like a good idea to add a picture, but
since I last looked at them some of the blood has leaked out of the
tonsils into the fluid and it's kind of gross.














Aaron's tiny tubes from last year. They were still stuck in his ears,
just not in the right places unfortunately!

To add to the fun of our surgical center week, we continued with the medical theme of our "vacation" and Ethan had a dentist appointment on Thursday (it doesn't get any more fun than that!) and Aaron and Noah were able to get the H1N1 vaccination on Saturday. I will say that amidst all this fun, I am so grateful that my boy's were able to get these procedures they so desparately needed and that everyone is safe. I'm hoping that although my kids heads are lighter (void of adenoids, tonsils, and copius amounts of ear fluid) and our pocket books are lighter, that they will be in general more healthy and more happy in the years to come. :)