Friday, September 2, 2011

Our trooper

It seems like ages ago when we posted about Sam's plugged tear ducts.  Three years later and the tears often streaming down Sam's face remain.  We decided it bothered him enough to finally do something about it.  Sam did amazingly well with the whole hospital experience.  Instead of anxiety he showed more excitement.  He looked forward to getting to wear the "firefighter mask."  This picture shows his smile before going into surgery.  He let the nurses and doctors do everything they needed, including taking him back with no parents and no real tears.

I was nervous about him waking up from anesthesia, but he came out real well and bounced back pretty quickly after getting his popsicle.  He has just loved all the attention he's been getting.
 If you look real closely in the left corner of his eye, you can see a loop.  This stint should stay in about 3 months and then the doctor should easily pull it out.  She said the duct was pretty packed and she wasn't able to put in as big of a stint as she had hoped, but that helped us to realize we had done the right thing.