Tonsillectomy

Carson got his tonsils and adenoids out on Thursday. The doctor said that his adenoids were so big that they were completely blocking his airway (and that was after they had shrunk them for the surgery). He sounds totally different now when he sleeps, he doesn't snore at all! It was a really good thing we decided to have the surgery!

Carson on Versed. He was pretty loopy!

Just after surgery. Not feeling too good. He wouldn't let Ryan out of his sight. It was really sad and he could barely talk but when he did it sounded like Mickey Mouse.

Usually they let the kids go home after a few hours but because his tonsils/adenoids were so big and because he was so small, the doctor wanted us to stay the night. Too bad no one else knew that. We had to wait forever to get a room! It was a pain but we did eventually get a room. He did really well through the night and we left first thing the next morning.

He got to keep the flashlight.

He's doing really well in his recovery. You can really tell when his meds are wearing off but once he's drugged up again he's back to his normal self. He hasn't thrown up or anything so I'm counting my blessings because I've heard some major horror stories! Going through this process really brought back memories for me when I had my tonsils out. They're probably some of my earliest memories. I remember going back into the O.R. with my big white teddy bear and the nurse putting the gas mask on my face and telling me that I got strawberry flavor but it didn't smell like strawberries at all. I remember she had me start counting and when I got to ten she told me to put my head down on my bear and the second I did, I was out. Then I remember driving home in the Honda with the little pink bowl that reminded me of a hotdog, trying really hard not to throw up. And for some reason it seems like Jeff threw up a lot but that could've easily been me.