It is now shortly after 3:00 on surgery day. We are settled into our room. The surgery went very well. Dr. S is wonderful and made us feel so at ease beforehand, during and after the surgery. She said that his tonsils (which were smaller than they have been at times) were very large. They rate tonsils one-four on largeness of size, four is the largest. M's tonsils were a four. His adenoids were also swollen and were removed. Dr. S said the nurse that took the tonsils once out actually commented, "Whoa, those are really big tonsils for someone his size."
After speaking with the Dr. I was able to go back to see M. As soon as we walked through the double doors I could hear him crying loudly. I ran to him and he was not happy. I quickly asked what could be done so that I could hold him. He was in a lot of pain and I think also just really overwhelmed. Soon I was holding him and he was getting his first dose of meds right into his IV. He actually had three rounds of this med along with Motrin and Tylenol while in recovery. He had other meds as well. Finally he said his throat felt better. The nurses in recovery are great. They deal all day every day with very sad kids and they stay upbeat. A nurse got him to start eating a melted popsicle as well. M wanted to get dressed right away. He even wanted his shoes on and could not be talked out of it. He was begging to go to his room and watch a DVD and take a nap.
Finally we were cleared to go to the room. On the elevator on the way M said, "Whew, I am so glad we are going to my room." So sweet. We are on the 10th floor so we are up pretty high which M loves. Our view is of the back of the hospital so not an incredible view, but there is some construction going on near us with a huge crane/boom thing. M LOVES it. He thinks his view is great.
Once getting settled in M slept for about 15 minutes and then woke up wide awake. He wanted to sit near the window and check out the view. We actually got to see the big crane move and he was so excited.
M is currently watching a Auto-B-Good DVD which he loves. He has Jello, Popsicle, and juice on the tray next to him. He has had one bite of Jello so that is something. He is finally letting me sit right next to him with the computer so I could write and update. He has wanted me to stick pretty close which isn't a surprise. The meds are powerful because at the moment he seems to have no pain.
Brandon is still here and has been able to set up a work station so he can get things done. This is a very busy time of year for him so it is good that he has been able to get some work done today. He will be going home before too long. I will stay here tonight and he will come and pick us up early in the morning.
We have taken more pictures, but they will come later as it seems to take a while to get them and I want to get this posted. Not being on FB, I can't see any FB comments, so feel free to comment here or send me an email if you know the address :)
*update: Email actually isn't working right now. Yahoo just isn't responding. It was several hours ago so hopefully it will before too long. I guess I won't be responding to messages for a while. Keep sending them. M actually asked me to check my email to see if anyone sent a note for him ;)
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