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| You can't really see the tonsils but they're HUGE!!! |
Ellie finally got her tonsils out, after months of throat infections and feeling overall lousy. She was kind of excited about going to the hospital. Rod barely talked for the first hour-a sure sign that he was a little worried. She went to pre-op and met her nice nurse, Kim who gave her a gown and "party hat". They told us to have her remove "all" her clothes, so we did. Yes, even her underwear. Ellie said "I feel weird". I've never been without underwear before." She was so freaked out that they let her put them back on :). The doctor ($700) and the anesthesiologist ($800) came in and then wheeled her off. Cue Mom and Dad freakin' out.
40 minutes later the doc ($700 for 20 minutes of surgery-think I am doing the wrong job at the hospital) came out and told us she was a trooper and that her tonsils were huge. He photographed them with his cell phone (per Ellie's request-"no, they cannot put them in a jar for you to take home") and emailed them to us. I didn't put them on the blog because they're nasty looking :) He didn't photograph the adenoids-what the heck are adenoids anyway? But all went well with the surgery. Cue sighs of relief from Mom and Dad.
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| After :( She's actually trying to smile |
And this is poor Ellie after surgery. She came out with puffy, red lips and totally out of it. She was less than impressed :(
She is now 2 days post-surgery and has taken up residence on the couch (with my favorite-ever body pillow) where she is eating popsicles, chocolate pudding, chicken noodle soup and ICEES from Maverik. Grandma and Grandpa Sherman are here to play nurse for the rest of the week so that I can go back to work and figure out how to make $700 for 20 minutes of work. (Hey, I just went to the bathroom, that's $250. Hey, I just goofed off and checked my e-mail, that's $400 :) Yeah, I wish...
