Our 18 month old had ear tube surgery Thursday morning and has been completely miserable almost ever since.

The misery started that evening when he began running fever. He ran that fever off and on Thursday night and Friday. I called the on call doctor multiple times, and he said it can be normal to run a fever after surgery. The fever broke late Friday night - after Tylenol - and he didn't have one all day Saturday until he woke me up screaming at 2:30 Sunday morning. He went from sleeping thru the night from 8 am to 6:30 pm to waking up miserable and screaming multiple times. DH and I have also been forced into sleeping on his floor due to the fever and constant wake ups.

Did anyone else experience this after ear tube surgery?

Everyone I talk to said their child turned into a "brand new happy baby" immediately after ear tubes and was definitely their normal self within 24 hours. He doesn't have any other symptoms other than seeming miserable - crap sleep, stage 5 clinger during the day, and fevers. I'm so disappointed with how this is going so far.