Totally Tubular

Jonas (and Mom and Dad) had another interesting life moment this week as the Big Guy survived his first surgery of sorts, that being tubes put in his ears to hopefully prevent the surge of ear infections he's suffered through the first part of this year. They say if you have four infections in a year, then tubes make sense. Jonas had four in four months, so he safely met the criteria. And for undergoing a reasonably safe but still frighteningly unsure experience involving doctors and gowns and a bit of anesthesia to boot (how else would they ever get so close to a boy who does not like his face messed with), Jonas did amazing. But it wasn't all fun and games. Jonas' Mima came along to give Dad moral support along the way. And just before Jonas went in for the 10-minute procedure, neither father nor son looked terribly pleased...

...but Jonas turned out to be a trooper, waking up shortly after it was done and wooing all the lady nurses to come his way and take a look at how cute he was. They told us we shouldn't feed him too much after he woke up, but they obviously don't know our little chow hound. Within minutes, Jonas, who couldn't eat all morning because of the procedure, awoke ready to scarf. By the time we got home, all was back to normal as Jonas devoured a snack and was back to his old self...