Jordyn had her tonsils out last Friday and found out that it IS possible to be sick of eating popsicles, ice cream, pudding, jello, etc, and watching tons of movies! She's actually done pretty well and surprisingly she's had very little pain medicine. Her stomach couldn't handle the prescription meds so she's just been taking the children's pain medicine and doing pretty well. She cracks me up because if there is one thing true about Jordyn, it's that she LOVES food! She is not going to let a sore throat stand in the way of eating what she loves so she just sucks on pretty much everything until it's soft enough to not cause a lot of pain. I'm sure this has been to her benefit because she's had quite a bit of energy and strength back fairly quick. But, on the down side, she starts feeling really good and then over does it and then she's grumpy and feeling nasty in the evening. I've got to do a better job of insisting that she stay down. I thought I was pretty well prepared with a stock of movies, books on CD, and gobs of new books from the library but she's bored of them all. Thank goodness for my sweet neighbor for loading us up with 6 new movies this morning!
Before the surgery at Mountain View Hospital (we had to be there by 6:00 a.m) She went in to surgery at 7:30 and was out by 7:45! Wow, that was fast! Dr. Hinckley told me that he was very glad that she was getting them out because not only were they really large but one had a big cyst growing on it.
The hospital gave her this cute purple puppy right before surgery! She hasn't put it down.
This nurse was so cute and made Jordyn feel really relaxed and comfortable!
It was really wierd for me to see her one minute feeling so great and then 15 minutes later feeling so completely rotten. It broke my heart to see her so sad and in so much pain! She had one request to make from the Dr. before surgery. She wanted to see her tonsils after surgery. The nurse brought them in after and she was pretty pleased. Disgusting if you ask me!
She had a slushy and then a good nap before heading home and we were home by around 9:00.
Not feeling so red hot. It took us a while to figure out that she was throwing up because of her pain medication. As soon as we figured that out, she did a lot better! The problem now is her severe ear pain that the Dr. says is completely normal and should only last a couple of more days.
Grandpa's not afraid of a little throw up:)!!
My mom came to stay the night before so she'd be there to help
get the kids off to school in the morning. Mom's are the best!
Morgan, Regan, and Kaleb had a little "party" for Jordyn on Saturday complete with a get well poster, no bake cookies, special bed on the couch, a huge string of beads, and special treatment. I wish they always got a long this well. It's times like these that help me to know that they really do love and care for each other even though they fight a lot.
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She is such a doll, sure hope that this helps with her stomach issues. Maybe the cyst had something to do with it. I don't know if I mentioned this, but when I told Scott about her and throwing up, he said he did the same thing when he was a kid, and the minute they took his tonsils out, he was better. So lets hope. Give her a big hug from me!!! love ya
Did you take a picture of them?
Has she had any ear pain?
It's funny how everyone on our street has been going through the same surgery
& she is such a cutie!
Nope, no picture...and, yes, TONS of ear pain. It is wierd that tons of kids on the street have been under the knife. What is up with that?? How is Whitney doing?
So many things to love about Miss Jordyn. How I love her.
Love that she's wearing the Lily jammies. Love that she wanted to see her tonsils (Lil has a picture of hers from the doc!). Love that she is up and around.
I'm sorry that she's still struggling a bit, though. I hope she gets better every day. And I'm also sorry I've not called at all during this. Slack-er.
Give her hugs from us. Oh, and also love the party. So. Sweet.
Love our sweet Jordy! It's just like your kids to have a party for her and make her feel special during her "feel rotten" time. We're glad it is over and that she is through the worst of the recovery period. It made me happy she called yesterday. Oh, and I did not yet receive the letter from her and Kami. It will probably come today...can't wait! Give them both a hug from me.
Poor girl! She has really had a rough time of it lately. She does look really cute all knocked out and snuggling that bear. Here's to a quick recovery!
Get better soon Jordy!!!
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