Zac had his tonsils and adenoids out on Friday (we switched his surgery from Thurs to Fri so we could do it at the Plano surgery center and save a few hundred bucks!)
He was very angry when he came out of the anesthesia. I'm talking throwing arms up, kicking, knocking juice out of the nurse's hand and then later out of my hand, and of course trying to pull out his IV and his oxygen sats monitor!!! He eventually calmed down and was surprisingly sweet the rest of the day.
So it's day 3 and I must say Zac is doing amazing! He's been eating (mostly speghettios, easy mac, and cookies) and drinking lots of apple juice. He's probably the one kid in the world that doesn't like ice cream, popsicles, jello or whatever usual stuff people eat after they get their tonsils out. The first thing Zac wanted to eat was cookies, go figure. He doesn't seem in too much pain and is taking his medicine without too much complaint. (they sure dope em up! something every 3 hours!)
One thing I didn't expect was for his voice to be so high pitched. The doctor said when you remove the adenoids because they're behind the nasal passages it leaves your child sounding "nasally" for a few days. Ok I guess "nasally" sounds like someone who's been sucking on helium!!! It's so funny! I tried to get him to talk to me on video yesterday, I don't know if you can tell how different his voice it right now, it was way worse the first day...
Thanks again for everyone's prayers! And thanks to Jim and Debbie for keeping Landon for 2 days and for our yummy dinner Katherine!!!
6 comments:
Wow Amber! You guys have been through a lot! I'm glad Zac is doing well and he doesn't have too many post-surgery problems :) I know I'm a little far away, but if you need anything, don't hesitate to let me know!
I am glad Zac's surgery went well. I was thinking about you guys at the end of last week and hoping that everything went well. Sorry I didn't call you back. My brother has been in town and we have been busy. The doctor said he is about 85% sure we are having a girl but we will confirm it on the 31st when I have my detailed ultarsound. When I was 16 weeks the doctor wheeled in the small office ultrasound machine and because of how the baby was positioned he was a 100% sure.
It's so good to hear that Zac is recovering great. I kept meaning to call you last weekend to see how everything went, but kept forgetting until it was too too late. How's everything else doing?
Sean had his first trial with a jury this week. He was soooo nervous! But they convicted the guy, so guess Sean did good.
We have a new post on our blog, you'll have to visit it when you have a chance.
When are you guys going to Utah this summer? It'd be fun to overlap again.
It's deja vue! Nathanael had his adenoids out at the Plano Surgery Center too. When he woke up he said his braces were hurting, but he didn't have braces. He was talking about the stitches in his mouth. (He had his "tongue tied" issue taken care of during the surgery too.) I don't remember much of a high pitched voice though once the adenoids were gone. Ha! I'm glad Zac is doing better!
Amber, I've got a new blog entry today. Definitely a "must-read"!!
awww.. such a sweetie - what a trooper!
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