Harrison does the Symphony!

On Sunday we took Harrison to the city to see the Adelaide Youth Orchestra perform in a children's concert called "Babies Proms!". It was a concert aimed at 0-5 year olds and performed at the Grainger Studio on Hindley Street.

Since Harrison's surgery he has been really hearing so much more and is already saying quite a few more words! We thought that an outing such as this would be great to help him interact with other children and to really hear new sounds - and hey a trip into town on a Sunday morning is always a good experience!

The orchestra performed music such as 'Row Row Your Boat', 'Mission Impossible', 'Wild' and 'March' from Carmen

The orchestra really did a wonderful job and it was great to see that they were able to keep their composure with so many toddlers running around!

Harrison and the other children followed around the host whose name was Bronwen. She encouraged all the children to stomp, crawl, and dance to the music - she did a great job and Harrison thoroughly enjoyed the day out!

We stopped at Macca's on the way home for an icecream, then it was on to Harrisons little friend Dylans house for his 2nd birthday party!

Harrison's Surgery

Thought I would give a quick update - Harrison had minor surgery today and had grommets put in his ears.

We got to Central Districts at 7am - Harrison was stuck till 8:45am until we got the call to the operating room - (all morning without breakfast is not a pretty sight for my little boy - he was letting the nurses know loudly that he wanted some food!)

I had on the gown, hat and special shoes and carried him to the operating room. The anesthetist got me to hold him while he put a gas mask on him, and after about 20 seconds of crying he was out cold and went completely limp in my arms - I was a mess and in tears straight away, It was just a horrible feeling to leave him in a room with strangers in that state.

I waited for him in recovery, and he was bought back to me about a whole 20 minutes later. It took him about 20 minutes to get his orientation back, then he was wanting food and drink again!

He had a big nap at home afterwards, but woke up happy and you would have never known he had surgery or had been under anesthetic.

I am glad that this experience is over, I know it was only minor surgery and I probably over reacted (as per usual) but I cant help being over protective!!