Pre-registration

October 27, 2009

TJ is scheduled for his tonsillectomy on Friday, Oct. 30th. We had to go to the hospital today to pre-register, but first we had to see his ENT surgeon, Dr. V. Patel. On Oct. 14th, TJ was diagnosed with strep throat, then exactly 6 days later he was diagnosed with two different strains of the flu (A & B). I have never seen a kid that sick before. He had such GI upset, the poor kiddo. Fortunately we were started on Tamiflu very quickly and TJ was a brand new kid within 24 hours. So when we went to see Dr. Patel, we wanted to make sure he was still good to go through with the surgery, which he was.

So we went to the hospital this afternoon. TJ did so good! Of course there was alot of waiting time, and that's hard for any 5 year old to handle, especially a wild child like ours! ;) When it was time for the blood draw, Rick was there to restrain him. Of course he screamed like a little girl at the mere sight of the needle, but the moment they stuck him with it he stopped screaming and just stared at what she was doing. I was shocked! When did he get to be such a big boy??? When the nurse finished she had some blood left over and asked TJ if he wanted her to put it back in, he quickly said NO!

Afterwards we took him to get a hamburger to eat (his favorite thing!). I promised him a hamburger for the next 2 days since after surgery he is only allowed to eat "soft foods" for 10 days! So the next step is to go buy a ton of ice cream, jello, applesauce, and pudding to last us a week and a half!!