We're tubed!

Just a quick update...Emily had her ear tubes put in yesterday, and everything went really well! First, we did laps around the waiting room. According to Emily, being at the doctor was no reason to neglect her physical fitness regimen. Then she charmed the woman sitting next to us. This lady had the thickest New York accent I've ever heard in real life. Had Emily had all the fluid out of her ears at this point, she may be talking just like this woman! Then we were called back. Emily threw a soccer ball around while waiting for the doctors to come talk to us; she impressed all the other patients with her throwing skills. The nurse then took her from us, and we retired to the waiting room. Ten minutes later, her ENT came out and said Emily was finished! He compared her eardrums to leather, which I guess means her ears were really bad, and said that she had a lot of fluid behind them. We waited five more minutes for Emily to wake up, then we went back to see her. Aside from some sleepiness and fussiness on the ride home, she was back to normal in no time! Now we have the fun task of putting drops in her ears for the next 4 days (which could prove to be quite the struggle). We're so happy it went so well, and hopefully Emily's speech improves dramatically over the next few weeks/months.