Tonsillectomy

October 30, 2009

TJ had his tonsillectomy today. We had to be at the hospital at 6:30 am, we got there about 6:15 am. What an early morning! The hospital had called us a few days before hand and told us that the kids could dress up in their costumes for Halloween. TJ was dressed as a zombie! Quite a scary looking zombie.

Overall TJ did a great job!! He was a little nervous in the beginning, but then they gave him the versed! What a great drug! Literally 2 minutes after he got it, he started acting goofy. He was reaching for the television trying to grab Mickey Mouse. Then he kept trying to grab the ceiling lights. He was so very dizzy, but yet he kept trying to get out of the bed and kept falling over. His speech was so slurry you would have thought he was drunk! All the nurses got a kick out of him. Here is a video of him right before they took him back to the OR.

Afterwards, he was uncomfortable to say the least, but they loaded him up with demerol and the pain quickly began to subside. They moved him from recovery back up to his room. He had to meet certain requirements before he could go home.

• Dr. Patel requires all his patients to stay a minimum of 3 hours; in addition:



• He had to eat or drink something



• He had to take his pain medicine



• He had to urinate

He completed all 3 requirements within the first 30 minutes we were there. In fact, he ate 5 popsicles and a cup of jello before we left. He took his pain medication within 10 minutes of being in the room and since discharge he has had very little pain! Truly amazing! Hopefully he will do well overnight and won't have much pain control issues to deal with in the morning.