Tubes in My Ears: My Trip to the Hospital

This helped my 4 year old prepare for his surgery, and he loved reading it. The only downfall (but practical) was the illustration of the child throwing up after surgery. My son fixated on this, and was scared he was going to throw up (which he did :o( ). I had to do a lot of damage control and reassuring that he was strong, and would be fine yadda yadda yadda....because his fear of throwing up was worse than the fear of surgery. Also, if your kid is going to have that surgery, and needs to be prepared for things the way mine does, make sure to tell them about the smell of the gas that puts them out. I left that part out, that it smelled bad, and he went under crying, which broke my heart.

My son is 2 and 1/2 and this book was fabulous in preparing him...from the descriptions of what Luke is feeling to the illustrations of how the doctors and nurses are dressed in the operating room it is fabulous!I definitely recommend it! And of course in my case the multicultrual cast of characters was an extra bonus!

My three year old girl had tubes put in her ears a few weeks ago. We stumbled upon this book prior to her surgery. She read it over and over again. It became her favorite book for quite a while. There is no question that this book helped her prepare for this stressful event. The pictures and text manage to provide frank and detailed information about getting tubes without being frightening. Parents will probably want to preview the book prior to reading it to their child, in order to tailor/edit the book to the child's developmental level. My wife and I would definitely recommend this to any family going through this process.