tonsils

Nora had her tonsils out on Aug. 8th. She had strep a totaly of 8 times since September 2013! We did not talk about it much this summer because every time it was mentioned she cried. I did decide to tell her at not a great time at dinner one night after my surgery while I was on narcotics, but oh well. Peter and Grandma looked at me like I was crazy. So the surgery was scheduled and we did not talk to her until the morning of about where she was going and of course there were tears. luckily grandma and grandpa had sent a get well gift and we let her open one before she went to the hospital. It was Anna and Christoff from Frozen. That pretty much quit the tears and we walked right on in to the hospital.
Once we got to the floor we needed to be and checked in we had a few more tears and major tears as they were taking her back. The surgery was about 30 min and she was out in no time. The staff was excellent and took really good care of her. The doctor confirmed she needed them out. He said they were all scarred up from all the strep that she had. She did have morphine after she came out so she was pretty out of it for a while. We waited and sat and they then sent us home! Only tylenol for the first three days and then we could alternate tylenol and ibuprofen. She was a champ! We set the alarm in the middle of the night and kept up on the meds like our friend had said. Nora was spoiled and had friends and family visit. She received a balloon bouquet from her friend. Aunt Boo and Kiki brought shakes, Grandma brought movies and Grandma and Grandpa gave Elsa and the other dolls mentioned above. The doctor had recommended not going to school almost a week later, but we did end up sending her because she was doing so well! So glad it is over and fingers crossed to no more strep this year!