Quinn's Ear Tubes

Here is the story of how Quinn's ear tubes came about:
He was a super great sleeper until he was about 2 1/2, 3 months old. Then all of a sudden he was up every hour, very fussy, etc. I had no idea what was wrong with him - he didn't have a fever, nothing. I took him to the pediatrician and he had two raging ear infections. Paiton always got a high fever with hers, so I didn't even consider it. That is pretty young to have ear infections and the doctor warned me it wasn't a great sign.
Then at about 4 months, I believe, he got another one. In the last 3 months he had 5 more ear infections. At #4 we talked about tubes. I didn't want him put to sleep and I didn't want to do tubes. Infection #4 didn't go away with one round of antibiotic, it took two rounds. At ear infection #5 they strongly pushed tubes again, I declined. Ear infection #5 didn't go away with one round either, took two rounds of antibiotics. Ear infection #6 came in November and she said it really wasn't debatable anymore and he needed tubes. I agreed. We were sent to see the ENT that did Paiton's surgery a couple weeks later. She said his ear was STILL infected and in fact had probably been infected continuously for a couple months. She started him on another antibiotic and wanted to get him in ASAP. The soonest they could do was the the following week. She said that he was really young for tubes, but that in his case it was definitely necessary. The risks of NOT doing tubes were far more dangerous than doing them - like hearing loss, meningitis, etc. Plus his right ear drum had ruptured already. :( She was also a little concerned about his hearing. We had noticed that he doesn't always respond to noises or when we say his name, and she said he's been hearing his whole life like he's under water.
That takes us to last Wednesday, when his surgery happened. He couldn't eat after midnight. For most kids his age that wouldn't be a big deal, but since he's up hourly every night he eats probably 3-4 times a night so that was pretty rough for him, but he did ok as long as I snuggled him all night. We headed into the ENT surgery center at 6:30 am, he was the youngest and therefore the first surgery of the day. Papa couldn't bear not to be there to make sure everything went ok so he met us down there and gave Quinn some snuggles before they took us back. They took Quinn away from us and it was pretty sad to know that they were going to put him to sleep back there alone and with him having no idea what was going on. :( It took less than ten minutes and while the nurse was explaining to us what we'd need to do at home they brought him back and put him in my arms - still asleep. The nurse warned us that he might cry and scream before fully coming out of the anesthesia and that some kids come out of it mad and some are just fine. It took him longer than usual to come out of it. He cried and screamed for a long time before finally opening his eyes. The nurse kept checking on him and trying to get him to open his eyes. Apparently he and anesthesia don't mix very well. He was really angry the rest of the day and threw up throughout the day. Poor baby! :( The doctor told us that his left ear was full of bloody fluid and she drained and cleaned out both ears and that the tubes went in fine.
We had to give him antibiotic drops in his ears for 5 days, 3 times a day.
He goes back 2 weeks from his surgery (1 week from now) for a recheck of the tubes. That same day he has to go in for a hearing test as well which we're REALLY hoping comes back normal. He seems to be hearing better and at times overwhelmed by the noise he can now hear. Please be thinking about him! :)