Don’t be nervous! We had tubes put in a child of ours that had terrible reflux so that what he was refluxing up was going to his ears and causing ear infections! He was vomiting for his whole first 14 months and getting so sick in the ears too ,but he couldnt tolerate the oral antibiotics so we put tubes in.
You should go to a dr. that is affiliated in a good (preferably city,if you are in ny)hospital. The dr. took seriously 5-7 min to put in the tubes, we had to wait a bit for the anesthesia to wear off, as someone else posted earlier. My son did not show any signs of distress after the surgery,quite the opposite,actually,he began to walk 2 days after,being that now he can balance better due to not having fluid in his ears!
The only down side is that we did have to schedule check-ups at the ENT every 3 months just to make sure the tubes were in place.
One tube fell out after almost 2 yrs,and the second tube was manually taken out at a check-up when the dr was able to reach in and grab it close to 3 yrs. At that time my son outgrew the vomiting and refluxing so they were not needed anymore.
The good part of tubes also is if the child gets an ear infection w/tubes,they dont ahve to take oral meds,you put the antibiotic drops straight into their ears for a week twice a day.
Hope this helped,dont be nervous…we all hate to take our kids to the hospital,especially for surgery,but this will really make your life and that of your childs much easier!
Good Luck!! And keep us posted!