No more tonsils!

(pictures courtesy of my phone)

No more strep throat!  Ammon got his tonsils taken out two weeks ago.  I'm so proud of him because he handled it so well.  We had it scheduled for a few months so he was well prepared. The night before the surgery I took him to Safeway where he loaded up on all the ice cream, popsicles and soft foods he could think of.  When we took him in he seemed almost excited. I think the anticipation of it all had gotten to him.  He took his wolf Silver with him and they let Ammon take the wolf back into surgery with him.  I also went back with him when they put him under and then about thirty minutes later they came and got us. He was in a lot of pain which is so hard to see when it's one of your kids.  But they gave him pain medicine and he calmed down and fell asleep for an hour.  We stayed two hours and then we were sent home. He threw up when we got home and then spent the rest of the day just sleeping and eating popsicles. For the next two days he didn't eat much and slept a lot. The funniest thing was that he wouldn't talk so he would write me notes, mouth things or whisper what he wanted. Finally he started talking and eating more but even a few days ago his voice was kind of crazy. Really nasally and hard to understand.

We got his tonsils out because he was having strep throat 5 and 6 times a year and his tonsils were humongous.  Cohen was his little servant the whole time. Getting him popsicles or drinks when he needed them. It was pretty cute.  I'm just so glad it's over and that he won't have to deal with them ever again!