PE tubes

Henry finally had his PE tube placement procedure today due to chronic fluid he has had behind his ear drums for the past 7 months, and everything went really well! I was able to go into the OR with him until he was put under general anesthetic. The procedure took less than 30 minutes, and then we were able to hold him in the post-op unit. We were warned that Henry might be very fussy for the remainder of the day or have nightmares due to the medications he received (inhaled sevoflurane for general anesthesia, intranasal fentanyl for pain, and IV atropine due to congestion). But other than it taking him quite a while to really wake up from the narcotic medication and maybe being a little more cuddly than usual, he has been really happy and playful all day. We even made our daily trip to the duck pond (which to Henry's excitement, entailed seeing several buses, ducks, other children, an airplane and meeting and petting an adorable little 15 month old minature dachshund).