So, we left the house at 6:00 am. Addison wasn't too happy when I woke her up so early but she got over it pretty quickly. We told her she had to go to the doctor. We hadn't told her anything leading up to this because she gets excited/anxious/stressed and we were worried she wouldn't sleep at all Thursday night. Thankfully, Dianne came over to keep Fischer, so we didn't have to worry about him at all!
We got to the hospital right on time, at 6:30. We waited in the waiting room for about 15 minutes, while Addison climbed on the chairs and collected business cards that were on display around the room.
Then we got called back, where Addison saw all of the hospital beds. This is where she started to question what was really going on. We went into her little room where there was a gown and a teddy bear laying on the bed. She did not want to put the gown on, but after Scott and I told her several times that it was a cool princess dress she finally agreed.
Then we waited some more. We played with her bear, and read some books that I brought with us. Nurses were in and out, along with the anesthesiologist, and finally the doctor that would be doing the surgery. Addison didn't like all of the different people coming in and out, I could tell it made her uncomfortable. But she just sat on my lap most of the time and didn't cry a single tear (until later).
She would be put to sleep for the procedure once back in the operating room using a little gas mask that looked like a strawberry. But we were given the option to give her a sedative that would make her "giggly and loopy" so that when they actually took her away from us she wouldn't freak out. We said yes right away... she's been especially clingy lately so I think it would've been traumatic for all involved if we didn't do that. So, they gave her this tiny dose of pink medicine. She drank it, and within 5 minutes, she was out of it. She was laughing, worried about falling off "the cliff" (the edge of the bed), cracking herself up with fake sneezes, slurring her words and falling from side to side if I wasn't holding her up! She even said "I really like this place" at one point! :) So, because of this medicine, they were able to wheel her away on her bed without a single tear, from her or me. That was the part I'd been dreading and it wasn't bad at all. I, of course, wanted to cry, but because she wasn't crying I was able to hold it in!
The doctor was back in our room in about 15 minutes and said everything went great! They looked at her adenoids again and they had actually gotten smaller since her last ENT visit, so they didn't take them out. YAY! Both ears were infected with all kinds of "gunk" in them, but now they are good and clean! I was able to go back to the recovery room at this point. I had already been warned that kids get really mad when they are waking up and that she'd be worse because of the sedative they gave her.
So, I had to climb into her bed with her and hold her. She didn't open her eyes for about 10 minutes but she was crying the whole time and very mad. She was doing what the nurses call the "alligator roll" or the "log roll." This is when they just keep rolling over in place and won't hold still because they are so agitated as they wake up. I guess all kids do it since they have an actual name for it. She gave me quite the workout trying to keep her from hurting herself on the bed, and keeping her wires from getting all tangled.
Finally she started opening her eyes, and became a little more coherent. At one point she was crying and saying " I want mommy!" even though I was holding her. The nurse couldn't let us leave the recovery room until she knew that I was there and showed signs of knowing what was going on. Finally she saw and recognized her "wubby" and then realized I was there. Then started asking to go to see Daddy.
So it was time to go to the last room of the day, where we would be discharged. I got to go on the fun bed ride with her this time, and we passed Scott along the way so he followed us back. Here she was offered Tylenol, which she refused. Then we got her dressed and headed home. She was still crying and still pretty confused/uncomfortable. We could tell that her ears felt funny but the doctor told us there shouldn't be any pain... just a different sort of pressure in her ears.
The rest of yesterday was a little rough but she was pretty much back to normal by bedtime last night. When we got home, she crawled right into our bed and fell asleep. Bo jumped up and laid with her. It was cute. :) Then she woke up, we watched some TV, she asked for a snack, then proceed to throw up all over our bed. Later she tried eating some soup for lunch and that promptly came back up all over the kitchen table. :( After that, she took a nap, then woke up and seemed to feel a lot better. She was still pretty whiny throughout the afternoon, but that was expected.
This morning she was back to normal! We have to give her drops for 5 days, 3 times a day, which she doesn't like but so far has let us do. And we go back in 5 weeks for a follow up. I'm so glad yesterday is over and have high hopes that things will be better from here on out.
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