Clay had his tonsils and adenoids removed Monday morning. The poor kid didn't know what was coming- every day for the past week he's started his day with "Is today the day I get my tonsils out?" with excitement, like it's a really fun thing. And I guess it was fun, in the beginning. He got to watch movies, play Nintendo, color, decorate his mask, and go for a wagon ride. This was my first experience with surgery as the parent and I was so nervous! I have a fear of being "put under" and not waking up and with Clay having a heart murmur, it made me extra anxious. Everything went extremely well and the surgery itself was so quick- maybe 20 minutes. He was beside himself when he first woke up, but he eventually calmed down and by Monday night, you wouldn't have even known he'd had surgery that morning! He's hurting a little today, but I think it would've been too good to be true if he didn't have some pain. His concern now is that he won't be able to eat some of the the foods he likes. Yesterday he said "I want my tonsils back in now, so I can eat crunchy food." I assured him his soft diet was only for a few more days. I'm just glad it's over and done with and now he can start feeling good. This should improve his speech, hearing, sleeping, and weight!
Clay had his tonsils and adenoids removed Monday morning. The poor kid didn't know what was coming- every day for the past week he's started his day with "Is today the day I get my tonsils out?" with excitement, like it's a really fun thing. And I guess it was fun, in the beginning. He got to watch movies, play Nintendo, color, decorate his mask, and go for a wagon ride. This was my first experience with surgery as the parent and I was so nervous! I have a fear of being "put under" and not waking up and with Clay having a heart murmur, it made me extra anxious. Everything went extremely well and the surgery itself was so quick- maybe 20 minutes. He was beside himself when he first woke up, but he eventually calmed down and by Monday night, you wouldn't have even known he'd had surgery that morning! He's hurting a little today, but I think it would've been too good to be true if he didn't have some pain. His concern now is that he won't be able to eat some of the the foods he likes. Yesterday he said "I want my tonsils back in now, so I can eat crunchy food." I assured him his soft diet was only for a few more days. I'm just glad it's over and done with and now he can start feeling good. This should improve his speech, hearing, sleeping, and weight!
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Thank you for posting this! Ella is getting hers out tomorrow and I am super nervous. I'm glad to hear that it went well and he's recovering quickly. I hope Ella handles it as well as he is.
We've been talking all about him in preschool. Tell him hi for us and we are excited to have him back next week.
Poor little guy, glad he is doing better! If you need help with the girls I would love to have them!
Aren't you glad Grandma supplied him with Jamba Juice.....best thing about having the old tonsils gone!!
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