Little Man went in last Thursday for a routine tonsillectomy, adnoidectomy (sp?) and a second set of ear tubes. What was supposed to take us 3-5 hours, had us at the hospital for 10 hours. There weren't any serious complications, thank goodness, mostly little things that made the day drag on forever.
Since then it's been a rough ride. I started this post 2 days ago and got sidetracked by a sick little boy. When I started writing things were still pretty bad. The medicine they gave us for pain is strong and tastes NASTY. Screaming temper tantrums from a boy who never complains about medicine nasty. Trying to do that every 4 hours was hard on all of us, especially knowing that the tantrum was making it hurt worse. We tried making jello shots with the meds and that helped for a couple days, but yesterday I hit the end of my rope. We weren't getting more than 3 hours of sleep at a time and we were all losing patience. Last night we tried another medication that helped to calm Little Man down enough to sleep, a much needed rest for all of us. Hopefully this means things are improving and we can keep him "resting" until his appointment next Tuesday.
Bug was not to be outdone during all of this. He's very confused about what's going on and trying to figure out why Little Man won't leave the couch and play with him. He's also working on cutting another tooth, which meant he was running a fever all weekend. We spent a lot of time (all day) Saturday and Sunday on the couch with a boy on each side watching movies and eating popsicles.
This morning it finally feels like we've turned a corner. I'm back at work and the boys seem to be doing better. Lets hope I didn't just jinx it by saying that.
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