Ear tubes, and Adenoids

Shane has been struggling with ear infections forever!! He had his first one when he was about 3 1/3 months old and stills struggles with them. I thought that as he got older we wouldn't have to worry about them as much but since school has started he has had about 4 ear infections. About 3 weeks ago the nurse at the school called and said both his ears where bright red. I knew they had been kinda hurting him but I thought I would give it another day since they now recommend not rushing in for anti-biotic every time. Well I got him into the Dr. that day and got him on some anti-biotic so we went for the full coarse of 10 days of the stuff. About 2 weeks later the nurse calls again from the school saying his ear is really red!! OK at this point I am feeling like a terrible Mom!!! I decided to take him to an Ear Nose and Throat Dr. to see if we needed to do something different than just keep feeding him the anti-biotic!
I got him in yesterday and the Dr. suggested getting tubes in his ears and having his adenoids removed. So I went ahead and scheduled an appoint for next week. Now that I have had a little more time to think about the whole thing I have to say I am nervous!!! More about how Shane will react than whether or not it is the right decision. I mean this is SHANE we are talking about the one who screams bloody murder when I try and cut his finger nails and thinks he will drown when I wash his hair!!! A little sliver is a major ordeal for him. So you can probably understand my reservations at this point!! I think I am going to have John take the day off and go with him. He always responds much better to John than me and I am not sure how I am going to do it with all the kids especially Brooke who will not take a bottle! I am sure we will make it through I just hope all will go well! Wish us Luck!!