Evan's Surgery

Last fall we visited an Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor with Evan. He was drooling unusually, breathing through his mouth and snoring very loud at night. At times he seemed very restless at night and was breathing irregularly. His restlessness would cause him to be tired in the morning sometimes. The doctor agreed that Evan needed to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. He wanted to wait until Evan was 3 years old or he would only do the surgery in the hospital rather than out-patient. This morning we brought Evan to Children's to have surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids.

The surgery itself only took about 30 minutes. We waited with Evan for 2 hours in recovery before they let us go home. While we were waiting we got him to drink some apple juice and eat some ice chips and a freeze pop. He would not move much or talk at all and just sat on my lap.

He got to ride out to the car in a wagon from the recovery area when we were ready to go home. On the way home we stopped at Dairy Queen and got him some ice cream. He fell asleep in the car, so we had to save it until later. We got home at 11:00 this morning and Evan was jumping off the walls. It was amazing that an hour earlier he looked like he did in the photo above. The minute we got home he insisted on having milk. I gave him half a glass and he said "I want a full one". He got some Tylenol about 11:30 and took a good afternoon nap.

So tonight for dinner you can see he had ...ice cream, yogurt, juice and a freeze pop. Of course he ate two bites of everything and was done.

This afternoon we played his game that he got from Chris and Jennie for his birthday. Bob and Gay picked up Alex from daycare and took him to their house, so we didn't need to worry about him tonight. So Evan could rest...hahaha. We couldn't get him to stop moving around tonight.

He brought all his stuffed animals out of his room and had them on the couch with us tonight.


This afternoon he was OK taking just Tylenol, but tonight he was really in pain so we broke out the Tylenol with Codeine for bedtime. He is sleeping peacefully now, but he will probably wake up tonight needing some pain reliever. The doctor worries about dehydration and so far we are keeping him hydrated. Hopefully his love for milk will keep him drinking to stay hydrated.

My complaint for him recently is his constant desire to watch a Thomas the train DVD. I find the movie very boring and don't want to watch it over and over. Toy Story 2 I can live with 3 times a day, but this Thomas has got to go. Maybe we need to get a different Thomas DVD that is not so negative. The trains seem to dislike each other play pranks on each other. They seem sad and depressed and not very positive. Maybe that is all Thomas movies, but give me some Mickey Mouse or Dora the Explorer(PLEASE)! I think he knows I dislike it, so that is why he always wants to watch it. My saving grace might be that Toy Story 3 comes out tomorrow, so hopefully he will want to watch that one over and over(at least Disney/Pixar throws in some jokes for the adults!):-)