Tonsils and Adnoids

Well, today is approximately one week from my last post and I have yet to post anything that I mentioned posting about in my previous post...(could I say "post" one more time, please?). I still have yet to retrieve my camera bag (which I have been without for approximately 2 weeks now). But, to my defense, I have at least called and tried to catch the nice people who have our bag at home, and haven't yet.

But, as also mentioned in my last blog, our little Daniel did undergo surgery to get his tonsils and adnoids out last Friday. Friday was great. I did not quite make it out of there tear free, but it was much better than I imagined it (as always). He got me all teary-eyed several times when he said things like..."I want to go home" and "I don't want to do this." But he also did not cry when they took him away from us. He got to help push his little bed back to the room. (And he did have to wear a little hospital gown). My parents and Jason's mom came with us to the procedure, which was nice. And we had none other than the Royal Wedding (live...I might add) to keep us occupied while he was in surgery. But all in all, we were out of there by about 9 am. Not too bad at all....and he seemed to feel GREAT....Friday. And then we had Friday night-Sunday. It seems that he caught some sort of coughing virus at some point (probably just before his surgery) causing him to run a fever of 103 and the worst part....to cough constantly through the night. Yes, I said cough constantly...with an already sore throat. I felt so bad for him. But I will say...during the days...he still was quite a little trooper....barely even complaining much of his throat hurting. We went back to the doctor Monday for his post-op appt, and the doc said he looked good....and gave us some cough medicine. It has been a life saver....and a sleep saver! Anyway...I could go on and on about the lack of sleep we all experienced and the crazy amount of medicine cups that have run through our dishwasher (thankfully we have a dishwasher) the last few days, but I won't bore you....all of you...with all the details. Now we just have to make it through the next few days stuck in the house. The doctor doesn't want us going anywhere in case he catches something (like maybe a virus) from other kids.....imagine that. And we have to keep the crazy energetic 5 year old...who has 2 even crazier more energetic siblings...from doing anything energetic for the next 3 weeks. Fun! Wish us luck!