Jayne's Tonsils

On Tuesday, December 18th, Jayne had her tonsils and adenoids removed.  You may remember the lovely abscess she developed in her throat during a particularly nasty bout with strep that landed her in Primary Children's Hospital for four days this past July.  Since then she has been sick several times and often complaining of a sore throat. 
We decided to take her to an ear, nose, and throat specialist who was recommended to us by some new friends in the neighborhood.  She wasn't sick on the day of her appointment and the doctor said that her tonsils were huge and he could only imagine how large and sore they'd be when she was ill if they were that big when she was well.  He said that she was sort of on the fence as far as absolutely needing a tonsillectomy right away.  He recommended it, but also said we could wait it out and see how she does for the next six months or so. 
With Nate's history of illnesses and his experience with waiting to have his tonsils removed until he was an adult, we decided to just go ahead and have them taken out now rather than have her endure more sickness.  Plus, if we're being honest, we've already met and way exceeded our $3000 deductible for this year and figured we should do it now when it will be the least costly for us.  Knowing our luck, a few months into the new year she'd be sick again and we'd need to get them out. 
I accompanied Jayne to the surgery center that morning.  She was the first on the schedule, so we had to be there at 6:45AM.  We'd talked about the surgery and my mom had sent a really cute book called "Goodbye Tonsils" which we had read several times.  The thing Jayne was worried about most was the "poke" when they put in the IV.  She was so relieved to find out that they wouldn't be putting the IV in until after she was asleep. 
The whole surgery took about 30 minutes and we were home by a little after 9:00.  Jayne did great with her recovery.  She hardly fussed or cried at all.  She was just tired and wanted to be held. 
Now, almost a week later, she's doing well.  Her throat still hurts a bit, but as long as we stay on top of her pain medication she does great.  She's getting tired of "soft foods", but we're holding out on the crackers and pretzels for a few more days at least. 

All ready for her surgery!

Resting at home.  Grandpa and Grandma Barnum and Aunt Emily came to visit and brought her this soft, cuddly teddy bear.