The Incredible Hulk is Recovering

The Incredible Jake!!

Yesterday, Jake had surgery. He had his tonsils and adenoids removed, as well as tubes put in his ears.

Over the past year, Chris and I were very concerned about his snoring and sleep apnea at night time. It continued to get louder and louder and he cocked his head back at a 90 degree angle so he could breath. Jake has never been a good sleeper.... he has always woken up, a lot of the time crying, and when he got a cold, it was even worse. Ear infections happened often and one dr. even said that he had a slight hearing loss due to the amount of fluid in his ears.

After seeing a trusted and well-recommended doctor, we chose to go ahead with the surgery. The night before we had a tiny celebration with a "Good bye Tonsils" cake and even got a book to read about the surgery. I don't think he knew what was coming though.... he wasn't scared, which was good and was cooperative (for the most part) before hand.

The worst part was seeing him right after the surgery, coming out of the anesthesia. He turned into THE INCREDIBLE HULK!!! That boy became so strong! He was disoriented, pissed off, and was not having any of it!! I tried to hold him and that lasted for about 20 seconds, until I had Chris take over. Even Chris had a difficult time and that man is strong!! The nurses had to sedate him and gave him Demerol. He was knocked out for awhile, but we couldn't leave until he showed that he could keep down some liquids. Watching him like that was one of the hardest things I've had to do... I felt so HELPLESS!!! I really wish the nurses would have warned us about how he might be!!

Eventually, he sipped some apple juice. He kept reaching for me, so I laid on the bed next to him. Sweet angel. It was weird though, because it brought back this 'deja vu" moment where I remembered laying next to my dad when he was in hospice and passing away. I didn't say anything at the time, but it was a very hard moment.

We are now at home, trying to persuade him to eat and drink anything. I am offering up anything and everything!! Ice cream, popsicles, slurpees, milkshakes... anything to get some fluids in him!

Jake just looks at me, with these big, brown puppy dog eyes and doesn't want to. We had to force him to take his medication this morning. I know he will get better with each passing day and that the surgery was for the best. But it is still a difficult process to go through. If the boy would actually take some tylenol with coedine, I'm SURE he'd feel a little better!! Heck, can I have some??? he he j/k

All right, I'm off to play nurse. :-)