Tonsillectomy and Danimals smoothies

On Thursday, we had a scheduled Tonsillectomy for -K-. I had taken her to the pediatrician and asked him about her snoring. Yes, like her dad, she snores. He said her tonsils looked big and referred us to an Ear, Nose, Throat specialist. We went to the appointment and found out that on a scale of 0-4, (0 meaning no tonsils) -K- had size 3 tonsils. He also said she had lots of evidence of infections. She has never really complained of throat pain. Maybe she just thought it was normal. so we decided to have them removed.

During the surgery, the Doctor also removed her adenoids, which were blocking 90% of her nasal passage. The surgery went fine, but during recovery, -K- got an irritation in her throat and coughed. This caused her to start bleeding, so she was rushed back into surgery and given a few more stitches. After this they let me go into to the recovery room when she was waking up and the sight about made me cry. (I did cry when I told my mom about it.) It wasn't the blood, but the look in her eyes. She was scared and just wanted me to hold her. I just wanted to comfort her. After we were able to work around the IV cord, she finally got situated on my lap and was calm.

This was originally scheduled to be a day surgery, but because of the bleeding, we ended up staying in the hospital overnight. I really hope none of the other kids will ever have to have any type of surgery. -K- was really good in the hospital. She took all the medicine she was supposed to and ate her jello and Popsicles with no problem. then we came home. Something about being home made her not want her medicine. She was prescribed a pain killer and an antibiotic. If she didn't want the pain killer, I guess that is ok, but I really wanted to get the antibiotic in her so she wouldn't get any infections. Here comes the bad part. We tried and tried to persuade her to take her antibiotic. This stuff doesn't even taste bad. Pink amoxicillin-my other kids drank it up whenever they had to take it. Finally, we resorted to force. Yes-forcing her to take medicine. Spalding held her legs and arms down, while I held open her mouth and made her drink the stuff. Then she started crying and coughing. That made me worry about the stitches and bleeding. No bleeding, good sign, but we decided to find another way to get her to take the meds.

I went to the store for some suckers and gum. -K- could have these, it stimulates saliva and strenthens the throat muscles, helping them to heal. I saw Danimals smoothies in the refrigerted section. These have been a life saver! They are 3 oz yogurt smoothies. I added the pain medicine and the amoxicillin into the little container and stuck in a straw. She drank it up! so advice to all moms-if you have a sick child who refuses to take medicine, mix it in with Danimals smoothies!

-K- is doing well and is wanting real food now, not just popsicles and jello. Looks like healing is on the way.