Alex had her tonsils out on Wednesday (today is Sat) and is doing quite well. I think I had freaked myself out by reading all these horror stories online about recovery being horrible. Now, it did say that days 5-7 can be bad again which will start tomorrow so we shall see.
Overall she is doing great. She has been in bed for the most part and been watching tv non-stop! She has been eating soft foods since day one. Mac and cheese is her favorite, mashed taters, chrushed ice (from Sonic...they sell it there by the bag) and soup. She is also drinking tons of water, apple juice and Gatorade. Oh and lets not forget Popsicles. She has probably had about 15 since Wednesday!!
Today she is mostly complaining about her ears hurting her which is a normal but weird side effect. I guess because the tonsils are so close to her nerves for her ears. She has also complained that it hurts when she talks so she is mostly whispering.
She is still needing Tylenol with codeine at night and for some breakthrough pain. It is almost gone so I will probably call the doctor for more just to be safe. Especially since the doctor said that the pain will get bad again when the scabs start to come off.
Enough of that lovely talk. Thanks everyone for all of your prayers through this. I am just so glad to have it behind us so that we can start to focus on her arthritis.
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