Adios adenoids!

The day has come and gone that we were all counting down till - the day that Riley said sayonara to his adenoids.  I know that we were all looking forward to the procedure for many reasons, but mainly so that Riley will feel better and that we could get the day out of the way.

Overall, everything went pretty smoothly.  We were afraid that it would be a tough morning with Riley not being able to have breakfast or lunch, but we brought him to the hospital and he was in great spirits and just wanted to play!  There were so many toys that he hadn't seen since his ear tubes in October, that he got to check everything out all over again.

It was easy for us to mentally prepare for the day because nothing was really too new for us.  We knew the drill and what rooms we would be going to, so the question of the unknown wasn't really an issue.  When it was time to go into the OR, I donned the gauze jumpsuit that I had missed so much, and carried Riley back into the same operating room as a few months ago.  They let me stay a little longer this time, so I was there as Riley was sedated and got to kiss him goodnight before his operation nap.

This procedure took a little longer than the last one but pretty soon, the ENT was there telling is how smoothly everything went and that he was very happy with everything.  He said that the adenoid was completely blocking the nasal passages and that it was 100% the right decision to go through with the procedure.  We got to go back to see Riley and mad it just in time as he was waking up from the second dose of anesthesia.  He was woozy and sleepy but happy to see us and ready to drink some juice!

And drink he did!  That bottle was his best friend for the next 24 hours.  We kept filling it up and he kept downing it - something that made the nurses very happy!  We went up to our room where we would stay overnight and settled in.  There was another family staying the night too, who's son had the same procedure as Riley and was the same age.  

So we spent the evening drinking, eating, taking laps around the infant floor and timing out medicine doses.  We knew that bedtime wouldn't be so great because we weren't just trying to get one baby to sleep in the room, but tried to time it out so that both boys would fall asleep at the same time, in a hospital room, not feeling 100%.  Needless to say, it took a while, but by 9pm, the room was quiet.  Until 3am...

That's when Riley thought it was time to play!  So we took some more laps, drank some milk, sang some songs, watched some movies, read some books, played with some toys, and tried everything we could, until finally, Chris got him to go back to sleep at 5am.  

So the night at the hospital wasn't great, but the fantastic news is that Riley seems to be feeling well, he is eating his favorites and will be going back to school in the morning.  

As for me, I am going to sleep in my own bed and looking forward to no nurse check-ins!