as many of you the few of you that follow, know, jake i have been struggling with his runny/stuffy nose for a year now and FINALLY a diagnosis was made. his adenoids are enlarged which caused them to constantly become infected, therefore causing a consistent runny/stuffy nose. it took serious persistence on my part to get to the bottom of it. everyone, including his wonderful pediatrician, found his nose issues to be on a small scale and something he would outgrow. mommy could not stand to see him unable to taste, smell and always have a wipe or tissue attached to his nose. so once they recommended surgery to remove the adenoids and tonsils, too, i began the sell to daddy. he was against it from the beginning but after long talks, articles, doctor background checks and seeing jake in misery, he gave in.
nov.30.2011...the hardest day of our lives so far. i can't even express the anxiety we felt this morning. those 45 minutes (it was supposed to be 20) we waited until they came out to tell us jake was waking up and we could come back to the recovery room, were the longest, most excruciating minutes ever. jake pulled through like the resilient kid he is. he recovered well and was eating cookies and drinking juice as soon as he woke up. all of the nurses loved him and his funny personality. they couldn't believe he had just had a major surgery because of his energy and happiness. that's my boy! they had him stay overnight because his adenoids were so infected when they took them out and because he was so young so mommy stayed with him while daddy went home to sophie.
waiting our turn to be called. there were so many little kids waiting for the same surgery. made us feel a little better.
not wanting to have his temperature taken
gladly hopping on the scale
telling us and the nurse goodbye and he was going home
recovering on mommy's lap
being wheeled to his room
listening to TV
auntie carma and issac bringing jake toys
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