Ethan's First Surgery

Yup, Ethan had his first surgery today.  He has always had problems with his tear ducts not working properly.  Whenever he goes outside to play, or is in any ki

nd of wind, his eye waters really bad.  We went to the Dr. and he said that his tear duct is all jacked up.  It's in the wrong spot, it's way to small, etc.  So, they went in today to fix it.  Well, they found out that he's completely missing one of the two tear ducts on his right eye.  So, they had to do a completely different procedure than they had originally planned on.  The down side to this is Ethan has a tube running into his eye lid, through his nose, and back around forming a circle.  Half of this tube is on the outside of his face.  He's going to have to mess with this tube for the next couple of months.  I feel kinda bad for him.  The tube is very tiny though, so once we are able to take the tape off, hopefully it won't be that noticeable.  I can't believe how well he is doing!  He's wanting to run around like crazy now, but he's not allowed to.  He hasn't even complained once about the tube that's in his eye and nose.  He's one tough cookie!!

Here are some pictures of his day...

Here he is just after he got his I.V.

About 30 seconds after he got medicine to "relax" him

And about 5 seconds after that...

Here he is after surgery.  

Here is a close-up of what it looks like.