Day 3

I had my tonsils out when I was four. The only things I remember are being wheeled in, having a mask put on my face, the doctor saying something about smurfs and then I was out.

I also remember waking up and the nurse forcing me to drink water and I hated her. And then I puked up a lot of blood.

So, when I found out N had to have hers out I had no idea what to expect.
Why did we have her tonsils/adenoids taken out?

My daughter was never sick the first three years of her life. Honestly, maybe one fever...never an ear ache or sore throat. And then she started school.

Every other week she had SOMETHING wrong with her. It usually had to do with strep throat, which turned into an ear thing and the cycle just kept repeating itself.

She also had very bad sleep apnea and snored like an 89 year old fat man. SO LOUD. She would sometimes even stop breathing and that was ridiculous so we knew they needed to come out ASAP. Plus our pediatrician told us so.

So, here we are on day three and things seem to be going pretty well.

On the menu we have:
Popsicles,
Iceream
Pudding
and yogurt. Take your pick.

She has eaten some pizza and toast. Go figure.

She has a day bed that has another mattress you can pull out and we have been taking turns sleeping on that next to her. We had to make it very clear that this was not going to be an ongoing thing.
So, we did what any normal parents would do ¨Nora, Santa is watching you and he wants kids to sleep alone in their beds.¨

She immediately told me to leave.

Score!

She amazes me.

So proud of her ( thus far)

Tomorrow is a new day!

Do you ever have those days when it seems like nothing is ever good enough?

It´s not enough.

Everything you do is for other people and they just complain and don´t see that all you are trying to do is make them happy.

It makes me wonder...why even try?

blah.

Bye Bye Tonsils

So, my monkey got her tonsils out Thursday.

We went in at 8am and we were home by 1:30.

She was SO brave and did such a good job.

Thursday she was so good we could not believe it. Then it turned 9pm and I think the meds wore off from the doctor. She cried a lot and had a fever.

Friday she was feverish all day and just wanted to lie down on the couch.

Today is Saturday and we took a walk this morning and it seems like she is doing great.

I pulled out the bed under her day bed to sleep next to her for these next few days.

It´s kind of cute how she snuggles to me closer and closer during the night.

My boo. Tonsil free.


She is still cute without them.