LaTour Creations

Doctors said that it was a good idea to have Henry’s infected eye bump worked on sooner rather than later, so they tried to fit us in a Hasbro Children’s Hospital ASAP.

His appointment ended up being at 7AM yesterday, so we were told he wasn’t supposed to eat after 2AM so that the anesthesia wouldn’t mess with his stomach contents. Being smart, we set our alarm for 1:30AM, so he could get one last feeding before the fast.

Unfortunately, the volume on the clock radio alarm got set way too low, and we didn’t wake up until quarter past 2. By then, we were afraid to feed him, so I tried to give him plain water through a bottle. He’s never eaten from a bottle at all before, let alone just water, so he hated it.

Unfed and unhappy, Henry wouldn’t go back to sleep, so I ended up staying up with him all night until we could go to the hospital. The little guy hadn’t eaten since 9:30 the night before, so I was forced to give him a pacifier to suck on to keep him calm. I hate pacifiers, but this was an emergency.

Eventually, he went in for the procedure, and we sat in the waiting room doing crossword puzzles trying to keep our minds occupied. When they were done, he had a bloody nose from the work they did, and was super hungry, so Laura fed him. They were able to open up the clogged duct, and put a tiny plastic shunt in there to keep it open so it wouldn’t heal shut again.

Since recovering, he sneezes a lot trying to clear his nose, and makes this horrible sounding noise to clear his throat, but he’s doing great. He looks fine, and seems pretty happy, so we’re gonna continue with the antibiotics and eventually he should be better than new.

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