getting your tonsils out when you are older than 10 really does suck...
Mason's went so well, he was on Tylenol and Motrin and that was it...he had some tough days, but did really well...me on the other hand...It has been better than I thought it would, but has sucked. The first few days were ok, my throat did not hurt at all, it was my jaw and tongue that hurt like crazy! I guess it is from them forcing my mouth open so far and yanking the tongue out of the way, it was so swollen I kept biting it and making it worse! It hurt to eat those days because it hurt to chew anything, ice cream and really cold water were great because it helped to numb the pain some.
Then day 6 hit...lets just say I went from ugh, this hurts, to OW! and tears. My throat started to really hurt at this point and the scabs forming grossed me out and I had a hard time swallowing anything, even my own spit and I had so much mucus build up that it would gag me (i know, possibly to much info...). I lived on pain meds every 3 hours (even though they really only helped for maybe 2 of those 3-and they were supposed to be taken only every 4) through day 6, 7 and half of today, day 8.
Then, this afternoon I started feeling a bit better...yes, the throat still hurts, the jaw is still sore, the tongue is still kinda swollen, but I feel better than the previous 2.5 days. Hopefully, that means I am on the up swing of the healing now! We will see. Cam is at Grandma Dodi's for a few days so I can continue to rest and take it easy and heal up well.
I would like to spend a special shout out and thank you to my Daddy! Who came out here for a whole week, gave up his vacation time and took care of my kids so I could rest. I love you and dont know how I would have made it through this week without you here. I dont know any other way, but to say Thank-You again and I love you, to tell you how much it meant to me that you would give up your time to help me for that long and to play "Mr. Mom" when it is something that you are not used to at all. You did a great job and the boys loved having you this week.
