T&A And BMT

In other words: tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and ear tubes! Poor Eli had to have these three procedures done this month. Apparently he couldn't hear very well. I had no idea. I also learned that he had sleep apnea and of course he was always a heavy breather. So, after a trip to the Ear Nose and Throat Dr., we got Eli all scheduled.

We got to the hospital early in the morning. Eli wouldn't take the medicine that relaxes you before getting the anesthesia. The anesthetist was a little nervous, but 45 minutes later Eli was done. He made it through the surgery very well, but it was really sad to see him lying there and crying because he was in pain. While we were in recovery he threw up mucus slime that was so terribly disgusting! During all of Eli's little colds his drainage was going down into his lungs so he was getting rid of all that junk. Poor guy! We were able to go home after an hour.

Recovery was very grueling for the first week. The hydrocodone they gave him for pain was making him throw up so we got rid of that and just stuck with tylenol. Eli isn't a very good medicine taker so that fight was very difficult. Once he was able to eat soft foods I mixed it in with applesauce or yogurt. Thank goodness for that! After we got that squared away recovery was much better-minus the extremely stinky breath!!!! It was terrible!!!!

So, now Eli can hear, breathe, and eat much better. I'm glad we made it through!