Sorry for the delay...Z is good!

The surgery was pretty much over within 45 minutes. Dr. M came out and told me that Z had super large tonsils and aednoids and of course, fluid in both ears. He wanted him to stay over night b/c of all this and b/c he said kids w/NS can have breathing/congestion problems after a tonsilectomy. I had no clue about this. About an hour after that Z was out of recovery. They said he was in lots of pain so they gave him fentenal (sp?) to help him. He slept in my arms as I sat in a wood rocking chair for 3 hours. I was stiff, thirsty, hungry and in dire need to use the ladies room. I couldn't wake him b/c I remember how horrid this surgery is so I suffered and made sure Jason came up ASAP when he got off work.

As he slept alarms would go off when his oxygen dropped below 90 and when his heart rate was above 160. So after several dips of his oxygen going in the low 80's they gave him a mask that I held on his face. His HR would go up when he tried to wake up...he was in pain and mad. He had a low fever of 100.6 and was just plain miserable. He would only drink a few sips of water and then that was it the entire 24 hours. The night was rough but we were released the next morning at 9am. The nurse forgot to give us his ear drops and when I called she said, "Can you swing by and get them?". Um no...you see I live 45 min from the hospital and my baby just had surgery. No thanks! So she called in an RX and when I went to get it at 6pm it was $100! I cried and said "Sorry I can't get it!". I called the nurse and luckily they still had it so I made the 45 min drive to get them.

Z would have wakeful moments and finally started drinking when he saw Jonathan's capri sun. LOL He ran a fever of 100.9 and we were told if it was higher than 101 to take him to the ER. We dodged that bullet. He finally showed some normalcy today for about 3 hours. Otherwise he clings to me and whimpers. Fever has been under 100 and he is gladly taking fluids. Last night he woke up and laid there staring at me w/his big blue eyes. My gosh it breaks my heart. He looked so tiny and like he may have lost a pound or 2. He is only eating cheese, tiny bits of ice cream and that is really it.

I hope he has more good moments tomorrow as I have to go back to work on Monday. It kills me so it may only be a half day if he is still clingy. But they warned us he may bleed and he hasn't so that is great.

Now in the hospital he was snoring and sounded a bit congested. The doctor told me that if he still snored then he would need to have a sleep study done. I am hoping he is just swollen. *fingers crossed*

Prior to his surgery he has been crawling on all 4s more often and he starts PT on Thursday. I just hope my house is clean by then. Ha ha ha! Doubt it!

Sorry for the delay and thank you everyone for your prayers!!!