HUGE Tonsils in only a 28 pound boy!

Well we did it, we survived surgery! Friday morning we got up at 5am, and headed for the hospital. Alex of course wanted to know what we were doing up so early which was kind of hard to explain. At the hospital we got sent into our own recovery room with a personal bathroom and all. I was feeling surprisingly calm while Rick was more nervous. They gave Alex Versed. This is the "forget me drug". Alex was like a drunken 2 year old. It was hysterical as he tried to control himself, babbling, and having extreme giggles. Every time a nurse walked up he burst into fits of laughter. This made saying good bye to him just slightly more tolerable!

The nurse called and let us know they were starting the surgery and Alex was fully sedated. I asked if he cried at all and she said no, in fact he was having fits of laughter. He was laughing so hard that it was hard to keep the mask on him. This cracked me up!!

The first thing they did was the allergy testing. 50 needles into his upper thighs. He came out with blood pricks and purple marker all over his legs. This is not the one where they just prick you, but rather they fully inject the item under the skin thus giving them a better reading. Turns out Alex is allergic to Oranges (as is Rick's Mom) and Egg yolk and Egg white (just like Mom). Of course these are 2 of his favorite foods!! The good news is he is not deathly allergic to these items. They are causing a lot of mucus in his chest & sinuses. Thus more chest, ear & sinus infections and also asthma. Totally taking out eggs from his diet is nearly impossible. However, like me we will take out any food that eggs is in the top 3 ingredients. As for oranges we are going to try and totally take it out of the diet. So no more OJ. One thing I did learn is kids tend to crave exactly what they are allergic too. Go figure! As of today the needle marks are turning into nice green bruises and the marker is fading.

Next up was the tubes in his ears. Turns out the left tube totally fell out before surgery so they only had to drain that ear and insert a new tube. The right ear they removed the old tube, drained the ear and inserted a new tube. No problems here.......... No drainage since surgery which is far better then when he had them placed at 9 months.

Onto the tonsils and adnoids. Turns out the adnoids looked fine and were not enlarged so they didn't remove them! The doctor said the tonsils came out no problem but that the OR staff could not believe how HUGE they were in comparison to Alex. He said they should have come out of someone my husband's size. He jokingly told me, no wonder your not sleeping the kid can't breathe. Hopefully we see improvement soon.

Recovery was not easy. Alex was really groggy and refused to drink. Then the vomiting started. And wouldn't stop. 2 drugs later and 8 hours he finally stared to eat and drink. We got released at 5pm. Our night wasn't as bad as expected at all. A few rough spots but nothing horrible.

Since then things have had ups and downs! At times he is MISERABLE.. And other times it's like he never even had surgery. I heard day 3 (today) is suppose to be the worst day. So far it hasn't been bad just really tired and a lot of drooling. Yet he spits his pain meds back at me. (sigh).

Thank you for all your prayers and good thoughts!! Hopefully the week will pass quickly and we can be up playing again by the weekend.