Tonsils are Out

I had my tonsils out when I was 8 years old.  And I truly believe it was due to that experience in conjunction with my very wimpy personality that set up the course in life where I knew I would never become a nurse.

According to my 8 year old mind, it was a traumatic experience, two IVs (one nurse took one out because she didn't know I was spending the night, so another had to put one back in), throwing up blood, two pain killer shots in the bum, etc... 

Dave also had his tonsils out when he was younger, although not that young, maybe when he was 16.

So, when JJ started having tonsil problems when he was younger, it was no surprise.  This year in the month of October, JJ had 3 bouts of strep throat, missed at least 10 days of school, had fevers, head aches, belly aches, etc... all associated with strep throat.  His body took 2 doses of antibiotics, and it didn't clear it up until he had a shot of penicillin.  Those stubborn tonsils!

So, we decided it was best to have them out before the baby comes - to be exact 8 days before she comes.  We couldn't schedule it earlier because we were having it done in Budapest and couldn't come up from Zagreb earlier.

So, here we are in Budapest, the baby is coming in 6 days and today JJ comes home from the hospital!  He made it fine through surgery with no complications, although I really wish they could use a different drug for the general anesthesia that doesn't make them absolutely crazy when coming out of it.  According to the doctors he's healing quite well.  Thanks for thinking of our little guy!

Here are his before and after operation pictures:

Now we're hoping for a fast and easy recovery!