And My Adenoids Too

As many people know Jake had his tonsils (and adenoids) taken out on Friday. We let him know that his throat was going to hurt after but we told him that he would get to eat lots of ice cream and popsicles.

Well, Friday morning at 9:15 we got to the surgical center where we got Jake checked in. He was fine until they took us back to get him ready for the operation. We forgot the camera so we didn’t get any pictures to put up but we did get some pictures on our cell phones of Jake in his “hospital clothes”. They looked quite comfortable.

Once they got him all ready, they told him he could watch some TV until they were ready to take him to the operating room. He started to ask us if we could come back another time to get his tonsils out. Of course we told him no. The gave him some medicine that would help with anxiety. As many of you know, Jake gets very anxious about new things.

Emily and I waited out in the waiting room for about 30 minutes when they pulled us back to get us in place so we would be there when Jake came out of recovery. After another 15 minutes or so, they wheeled a crying little boy into our area. I could hear him coming as they brought him. He was not a happy camper. He kept crying and telling us his throat hurt. We kept trying to tell him that if he stopped crying it would help his throat not hurt so much. That didn’t help. Emily got up on the bed with him and held him and eventually he calmed down. After a does of pain killers of course.

Jake eventually Jake fell asleep but they would not let him go home. Whenever Jake ends up in the hospital he has a problem with his oxygen levels. His oxygen level kept dropping and they told us it had to stay above a certain number for 20 minutes before we could go. Eventually they had Emily hold an oxygen mask by his face for 30 minutes. Then they tried to see if he could do it on his own for 20 minutes. Luckily it stayed up and we were able to take him home.

Well, Jake has been doing quite well. When he has his pain killers in him you would never know he had his tonsils out. He talks just as much as he always has. However, when the pain killers wear off, he gets really upset. He hates his pain killers because it doesn’t taste good. So to get him to take it, Emily and I usually have to do it together.

The past two nights he has watched the movie Cars on our bedroom ceiling with our projector. He is going to be sad tomorrow night when we move him back to his room.

The lesson Jake has learned from this is that he never wants to have surgery again.

Oh, about the title of this post. When the nurse asked if Jake was getting his tonsils out, Jake responded. “And my adenoids too.” It was pretty funny.