Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Several weeks ago I took Wyatt to the pediatric ENT to have his tonsils evaluated. He was exhibiting the classic signs of someone with large tonsil induced sleep apnea i.e. mouth breathing, tired upon waking, and high palate for the roof of his mouth. The doctor said that his tonsils were very large and scheduled him for surgery.

The surgery was today. We told Wyatt about it last night hoping to minimize the anxiety that he would feel about the surgery. (I, on the other hand, have been anxious about his surgery for weeks). I simply said "tomorrow morning you are going to go to the doctor and they are going to work on your throat to make it easier to breathe". Wyatt replied "will it hurt?" I said "yes, for a while, but when you get home you can have as many popsicles and jello as you want" And he said "OK."

That could not have gone better.

John took Wyatt inn for surgery this morning and they were home again by noon! John said that Wyatt did great! He didn't get scared about going back by himself. When he woke up in recovery he drank an entire slush. He got some stickers, a book, and a tattoo and came home famished!

This picture was taken 20 minutes after he got home from the hospital!

As soon as John and Wyatt walked in the door Wyatt said "Mom, I want a sandwich for lunch. And I want some jello and a popsicle too." After all was said and done Wyatt ate a whole sandwich, an 8x8 pan of blue finger jello and 4 popsicles for lunch!

The he told me that he didn't need to take a nap today because he took "a power nap at the doctor's office".

He ran around and acted just like normal all afternoon. Then he ate a big dinner and went to bed. So far things are looking good. I can't believe how brave and mature he acted today. My little guy is getting so big... I am so proud of him. Let's hope that tomorrow will be smooth sailing for my little patient too!