Goodbye Tonsils!

Yesterday we took McKenzie to St. Marks to remove her tonsils and adenoids. She was such a trooper - actually excited to go! Allison spent her first night away from mommy, and slept over at Grandpa Ken and Grandma Jodi's house since we had to leave home by 5:30am.

McKenzie asked me to take a picture of her tonsils before the doctor "threw them in the trash"

She also asked me to take this picture. On one side of the toy, there was a chalk board. There wasn't any chalk, so she told the nurse that her grandpa would bring her some if she was good. (Which he did!)

I felt so sad when the brought the wagon up and wheeled her down the hall, away from me. I felt like I should be there holding her hand why they put her to sleep. But, it was a short surgery and things went well. While they were taking her to recovery, the doctor met with us. He had told us before the surgery that her tonsils were huge - something he called +4, which he doesn't see often. But, he told us that the tonsils were nothing compared to her adenoids. He said he'd never seen anything like it in a child so small.

They told us that the nurses would take care of her as she wakes up and that they would get her dressed and ready to go. I was disappointed because I had promised her I'd be there as she woke up. However, once she did wake up, she screamed and screamed and screamed. The receptionist could hear her from the waiting area and asked us to go back with her, thankfully. She was confused and disoriented while she cried for 30 minutes, but came around quickly after that and ate a few popcicles.

In fact, she stayed awake the whole drive home and only took two small naps all day long. (They had said she may sleep for 6-8 hours from the demerol.) She was playing as normal (minus sounding like she had a stuffy nose) and ate and drank well. This morning, she is a little more sore and swollen and is needing encouragement to drink. But, it's going well - much better than we had anticiapted. Phew!