Addison's Adventures: October 2012

Addie had to get her Tonsils and Adenoids out this week, as well as get the tubes removed form her ears. Talk about fun times with a 3 year old! We're hoping that this surgery helps with a lot of "issues" she has. (Sleeping habits, eating habits, etc)

Luckily I called in GiGi to help us out, and it was a good thing I did. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have survived the week without her.

We started off the morning at Williamson Medical Center at 6 am. Addie was a trooper, and luckily was too distracted with all the new games I put on her iPad that she never even asked for anything to eat or drink (thank goodness!!).

They got us all registered and checked in quickly, and Addie liked that her new anklet matched my new bracelet. :)

We got to go back into a room pretty quickly, which was nice. Addie played some more games and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while I signed paperwork with the nurse.

She was NOT pleased when she learned she had to take off her new Rapunzel Nightgown and trade it in for this Tigger gown...

Luckily, she's easily bribed, and the promise of a Snowflake Dora did the trick and convinced her that her new gown was just perfect.

She was quite pleased that she had earned her Dora!

The nurse came in and had Addie drink some "special juice" that helped her relax, and you could tell the second it took effect. Ha.

The staff at Williamson Medical Center was AMAZING and they were so incredibly sweet. They let her take ALL of her stuffed animals and dolls back with her, and made sure she had them back on her bed before she woke up. Addie was almost completely asleep by the time she was wheeled back to the OR.

We headed out to the waiting room, and were told it would be about an hour or so. GiGi went and got us some breakfast, and after about 40 minutes, Dr. Mowry was back in the conference room with us. He informed us that her tonsils and adenoids were HUGE, and that everything went perfect and they would buzz us as soon as she was awake. (We had a beeper that they had given us) After a few minutes, they buzzed and I headed back while GiGi gathered up our stuff. I could hear Addie yelling as soon as I walked through the doors back to recovery, however, she was NOT yelling for her Mama. She was yelling for her Dora doll. The girl has priorities. Haha.

I climbed up in her bed with her, and after a while she eventually calmed down.

She was pretty pathetic. She would wake up and kind of cry, while GiGi and I ~~forced~~ tried to convince Addie to drink something so we could get her off her IV (which she was NOT a fan of).

After a LONG 3 hours in recovery, they said we could head home. We stopped on the way home and got Addie's meds, and headed home for what was going to be a LONG week.

She did NOT sleep much the first afternoon, at all (which was surprising..). She was VERY excited, however, to open up all of her presents that Aunt Liz was sweet enough to send her. LOTS of coloring books, games, etc. to help keep her calm.

She did pretty well, although the hour before she was supposed to take her next dose of medicine was VERY rough. And that trend contined thoughout the week. She slept really good that first night though, which was nice.

Day 2, however, was NOT pretty. At all. Addie cried MOST of the day, refused to eat or drink anything, had a steady 102 degree fever, and was not very pleasant to be around.