NO FUN WHEN YOUR TONSILS GO MISSING!

NO FUN WHEN YOUR TONSILS GO MISSING!

Maybe I did too much gloating?....  I did say to numerous people how surprisingly easy my youngest son has been post surgery. Today we are on day 7.  Now our specialist did warn me.... "days 5-7" can be like a backward step as the back of his throat begins to crust up. But after that he will heal more quickly.

My 7 year old son has been eating toast and sipping water. I have not needed to douse him in panadol every 6 hours. In fact he goes through the night without any top ups. Yesterday he had a dose when he woke up and that was it. He has been incredibly resilient, even eating his first dinner last night....asking me for vegetables.

But..... at 2.30am this morning, we had a slight scare.

Now I have been crashing into bed around 10pm each night which is really early for me. Last night I was tired and I fell asleep reading. I woke up at 1.30am to giggling from my  son's room. When I staggered in there I found him hiding in his cane washing basket with his Ipad...watching a Curious George movie. Ready to kill, I simply smiled placing him back to bed. "Good I thought....he is back to his old self."

Then at around 2.30am this morning I was woken again but this time to coughing. I had been pestering my older son to get on top of his head cold for about 3 weeks now. Can someone please tell me why boys do not; blow their nose? or put warm clothes on in winter? and generally make no effort to look after themselves when they are sick?  Is it because they know their Mum's will nag them to do it ?  Anyway.... as a result of this head cold, my youngest now has a slight runny nose and drip at the back of his throat.  Well I am assuming this is what he has.  That is what I struggled with a few weeks ago. It's no big deal, just annoying. But as I realised last night, it could also be the skin healing. Our specialist did explained it to me. It's like a burn. So it will weep.....Uck I say!

The horrible thing for my little man is that he was crying and coughing. It was obviously really hurting. He was refusing all medication and water. He did try to vomit a few times and was gagging. I can say to him... "sick - sick", but as with everything... he just replies "no sick" and the next thing you know you are covered in vomit. He did gag up something but refused to spit it out. I was holding a white towel up to his face to try and determine if it was spit or blood dripping out of his mouth. But the liquid that I did manage to wipe away wasn't blood. After a while of sitting him up and calming him down, I managed to get him to sip some water. I could tell by the look on his face and his hesitation to swallow, his throat was really sore. I decided just to persist and hold him firmly to get some panadol in. I did think about hitting him with the Oxycodone (powerful stuff) but really, pandol first would be safer, the other really knocks him around. Anyway, after making myself a cup of tea and checking some emails...(I couldn't sleep after all that), I checked on him again. He was sound asleep...... and he still is.

Fingers crossed for a good day!