It has been a whirlwind these last couple of weeks. April 6th Izzy had her dance recital (videos were posted on facebook - I must say she did an AMAZING job!!). April 9th, I was able to move Brooklynn's ENT appointment up from the following Friday. She had been snoring A LOT more, and was definitely struggling to get air in throughout the night with her sleep. So we took her in to Dr. B's office. He took one look at her throat and said "Those suckers need to come out". We walked out of the office with her adenoid and tonsil removal surgery scheduled for Monday, April 15th.
Monday, we went in to the Outpatient Surgery Center. We arrived at 7:30, by 8:30 they were taking her back. She was not a happy camper - she knew something was going on when we had to change her out of her pajamas into a hospital gown. She was screaming and kicking. When the nurse took her back, she was reaching for us (that was hard!). By 9:15, we were talking to the ENT surgeon. He said she did well. He told us that her tonsils and adenoids were definitely large (even the anesthesiologist made a comment). He told us that her throat was probably 90% occluded by the size of her tonsils and adenoids, and that this was definitely the right decision.
We were able to see her by 9:30. They had to give her some racemic epinephrine breathing treatment because she woke up out of anesthesia with a barking cough (no news to us - if she wakes up upset ever she usually has a barking cough and anesthesia is no fun). Other than that, we were kept at the surgery center for 2 hours to pump her full of fluids and to watch her, and we were home by 12:30. She did amazingly well, with only really 1 bad day (the following day she didn't want to eat, drink, or take her pain medications until daddy got home from work). They told us day 5-7 would be hard days, but she has done an amazing job. I think it is to her benefit that her pain tolerance is ridiculously high. Only had to give her a few doses of tylenol throughout the weekend.
And I must say - listening to her sleep at night is AMAZING! Hardly any snoring, she is able to breath through her nose! you can tell her throat is still a little sore, because she refuses to open up her mouth (so I have not been able to get an after picture to compare to her before), and she continues to have trouble with her appetite. At times she is a little more fussy than normal, but that is to be expected. Overall, I am very excited we are through this surgery, and able to move on!
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