A day in the life of the Gandy's: Aidan's surgery

Well last Tuesday Aidan has his tonsils and adenoids removed. The night before I was kind of scared cause he could not eat or drink anything pass midnight and he always gets up asking for water. Also the doctors told us he probably will lose some weight so let him eat whatever he wants leading up to D-Day. Which is what we did pretty much. He probably thought we nuts telling him he could have M&M 's, chips and ice cream for dinner.

Surgery day went really well. I think I was more nervous than anyone and time could not go by fast enough for the nurse to come and get me to see Aidan in recovery. Before they took him back to the OR the nurse played dress up daddy so Aidan wouldn't be so scared. It was really cute, Brandon had on everything from a gown, cap and even had heart monitors on him. What a good daddy. But when it came time for the nurse to come take him back he was not so happy and started crying that's probably about when I lost it. Finally when I got to see him in recovery he was sleeping like nothing had ever happen. The nurses wanted him to wake up on his own. And oh my when he woke up it was madness. He was in so much pain trying to scream and cry but he couldn't, finally the nurses gave him a shot of Demerol and that seemed to do the trick. By the time he fully woke up and settled down he noticed the nurses put some stickers on his Nintendo ds. OH was he not happy about that, because Aidan doesn't like anything put on his game. LOL

Soon after we left the surgery center Aidan was doing ok he even asked to play G-Mod on daddy's computer. By the time day 3 and 4 came around he was in a lot more pain then we anticipated. He had been throwing up the night before due to the Tylenol with codeine. I had to pretty much give him Tylenol and Motrin every 4-5 hours consistently or he would crouch in a ball in pain. So it is now day 8 still pain but its starting to get a lot better. I also hope to hear his cute little voice again. Right now when he talks its very nasal cause he trying not to use his throat. People told me its like vacation from a child's constants screaming, nagging and yelling when they get there tonsils out. But I don't mind that I just want to hear my lil guys cute little voice again.

Aidan's already yawning and he hasn't even got sedated yet.