Tonsil Adventures!

On August 9, Ronan had his tonsils and adenoids removed.  We knew going into this that it would take 5-10 days for him to recover.  I was convinced that he would be one of the lucky ones and take closer to 5 days.  Nope!  It took him about 12 days before he was back to normal.  I'm not sad we did it though... his tonsils were huge and were affecting his sleep and speech.

Here's some pics:

Here he is just before the anesthesiologist came and took him back.

After we showed up to the hospital, Ronan got to change into some awesome hospital clothes.  We then moved to a waiting room were a few other kids were waiting.  A nice nurse came and gave Ronan a 'Hospital Buddy' doll.  The Buddy was wearing a hospital outfit just like Ronan's. Ro got to draw a face on the doll and the nurse used the doll to show him what was going to happen with the anesthesiologist and the face mask.  He also got to try out some different smells and choose one for him to smell to help him fall asleep.  He chose Root Beer.  The anesthesiologist came then and Ronan was so excited.  He said goodbye and jumped into a wagon that the anesthesiologist used to take him back to the OR.

We were ready to wait for a while, but it didn't take long.  We got to meet him in the recovery room.  It took him a minute to wake up and he was in a lot of pain when he did.  The nurses fixed that real quick with some pain meds that made his nose itch super bad.  They had to monitor his BP for a while as it was pretty high (...or was it low?  I can't remember!) but it soon normalized.

This pic shows Ronan with his mask (not hooked up to anything).  The nurses were so nice, they let him play with it and even take it home!

Once he was sitting up and talking, the nurses brought him a slushie.  He chose Root Beer! :)

Daddy fed him the slush after it became difficult to sip it through the straw.

We got to go home just a little while later.  Here Ronan is with some of his loot.  He got to keep those socks, the slush, the mask, the pillow, a hot wheels car, and the Buddy doll. 

Once we got home, he spent the rest of the day playing on my Kindle and watching movies.

 The first few days weren't so bad.  It was about day 4 that the pain started really bothering him.  He also had a fever (never higher than 101).  He slept a lot during the day and woke up a lot during the night.  The couch became his best friend.

He got to eat a lot of popcicles and chocolate ice cream but it got to the point that swallowing was just to painful.. most of the stuff got smeared all over his face and chest. 

It was finally around day 10 that his fever went away and he started eating and drinking.  Day 12 was when he didn't need his pain meds anymore and started sleeping through the night again.  Now he's pretty much back to normal--the only thing left over is that his voice sounds so different to me.

It was pretty hard watching my little boy be in pain; I wouldn't wish that on any parent.  I'm so glad it's over!