Adenoid Removal..... Update

William had surgery to remove his adenoids on 02-26-10. We had to be there super early. William was the doctor's first patient at 7:30 am, but that meant we had to be there at 6..... It made for an early morning leaving the house at 4:45. We got there and checked in. I had one other paper to fill out and then we were called back. We got William all settled and soon the fun began. The nurse came in and placed another bracelet on his wrist and allowed him to watch some tv. The anesthesiologist came in shortly after that and talked to us and more importantly William. He asked William a few questions and then asked him to come see the balloon they would have him blow up. He went with him willingly so they decided he didn't need the sedative to make him relaxed enough to go without an argument. After the anesthesiologist left the nurse came back in and put some numbing cream on the top of his hands and covered it with a clear bandage on each. They numbed the area for the iv with the cream, although, they really didn't need it since he was under anesthesia when they put it in. Before we knew it the doctor came in and did what she needed to for the surgery to go on. It wasn't too long after that when they wheeled him into the OR for surgery. He gave us hugs and kisses and off he went.
Ron and I went and met up with William's dad, grandma, and uncle. We got some coffee and talked. Before we knew it the 1/2 hour surgery was up and just as I was walking to go upstairs to get his medicine from the pharmacy out walked the doctor and we were called back. She said that things went very well and that there were no complications at all from the procedure. He was asleep when we got back to his room. He looked so peaceful. There were two nurses there checking on him, but on his table there was a stuffed dog. The admitting nurse he had that day had searched to see if there were any extras and just happened to find some. she said its something the volunteers at the hospital give to them so they give those to the kids who have surgery. When he woke up he didn't talk much, but when he did he wanted grandma and daddy. They came in and visited with him. I went and got his medicine. They gave him Tylenol with Codeine, which we later had flavored sour apple, and that didn't help his pain much. We later learned that they had way under dosed the tylenol. They gave him some apple juice and chocolate pudding to eat. What a great breakfast at 9 am..
We had a pretty busy day after that. We ended up at Target to get his medicine flavored and get a few things before heading home. We stopped and had lunch and the poor kid had a hard time eating. The scrambled eggs were ok, but the minute the applesauce hit his mouth he looked like he wanted to cry. I gave him the pain medicine while we were at Target and he ended up using some chloraseptic spray to numb his throat so he could eat. That continued throughout the weekend. I did call the nurse for the ENT and they were at a loss as to why he was in so much pain. They said that there is a chance for referred pain, but the amount he was having sounded like that of a child who had tonsils out. He had a lot of pain in the middle of the night for a few nights, but thankfully has been healing up nicely since. He is able to breathe much better and I am thankful that his sinus issues are for the most part a lot better.
A couple days later he had ultrasounds to recheck a problem they spotted with one of his kidneys as a baby. I got a letter from the doctor today that his kidneys are just fine. :D