Aidan has always had large tonsils....crazy large. But the only time we ever really thought about it was when he was sick. He is also quite the snoring machine! So much so that I have always questioned whether or not he may have a degree of sleep apnea....he never really seemed to be well rested...ever.
Mike just happeend to look into his throat a few weeks ago and noticed it was red and inflamed and just plain painful looking. After a visit to the ENT it was confirmed that he needed surgery. In fact, the Dr told us that he may actually have been in a mild degree of pain for most of his life, and just thought that it was normal.
Yep, we feel like the worst parents under the sun.
So, off we went on Friday, March 30 at the crack of dawn to the hospital for his surgery. A HUGE thanks to Grandmommy and Grandaddy for coming over so early to stay with Ella and Lauren!
He was such a good little trooper! He got all ready and prepped, never complaining once, except to ask "Daddy, is my Dr appt almost over yet?".
When they gave him his tylenol/versed mixture to begin to get him drowsy, he spit half of it out. I guess he managed to get enough in, because within minutes he was pretty much out of it!
Such big boy - all ready to go!
We watched after they wheeled him away as he finished in pre-op (he was # 731766):
Went into the OR:
And made it into reovery:
He did fantastic in surgery and recovery also went well, after a brief nausea spell and an extra dose of morphine.
We were released at about 11:15 with a very sleepy little man.
We made it home at around 11:30, and he has pretty much been on the couch ever since watching lots of movies! He has brief spells of feeling really good, but for the most part, is often refusing to swallow, will hardly drink anything (we are really concerned about dehydration), fights us hard each time he is due for his pain medication, and has only eaten a few tubes of Star Wars yogurt or popsicles.
One other side effect is that his voice is completely different (hopefully this is temporary, as his deep voice has been a trademark of his since birth!)...I don't even recognize it as his - he sounds as if he sucked in a bunch of helium!
I hear that Day 3 is the worst and that it takes a good 10-12 days before the little ones really start to feel better. My heart aches for my sweet little man. What a way to spend your spring break!
2 comments:
I hope he feels better very soon!
Poor little love. Good thing you did this now. I didn't have my tonsils removed until I was 27 and they were a major pain for most of my life. Better to just suffer now when he won't really remember it.
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