"Tonsil" Town

We arrived at the hospital at around 5:40 am
 as  the schedule written
on the admission slip was at 6am only to
find out that the surgery will be
at 9am. It's hospital policy that a patient has
to be there 3 hours prior.

Changing time; my son smiling not knowing
 really what lies ahead

frown he did when he was asked to smile :)

Playing with his daddy's phone to while away the time

first hospital meal for the day arrived...but not for my little one.
we were advised not to give him anything prior to his surgery

too busy to notice that food has arrived (though not for him)

preparation has started; here he was orally given a

 mild sedative 

my baby as he is wheeled into the O.R. now I feel a

 lump in my throat...

After the surgery, nurse said the first time he opened his eyes

 he cried a lot because he was looking for me :(

the culprit...

Parang lasing lang :) My "drunken" son
(how he was when he was given the mild sedative)

Confessions of a Worrywart

Tomorrow my son will be undergoing Adenotonsillectomy and this is keeping me wide awake. I know that the doctor has assured me of it being a routine procedure and all still I can't help but feel worried. His doctor has advised me of what to expect after the operation. If I remember them right, I was to expect the following:

1. My son would feel pain most especially during the first couple of days but it should subside after a week or so.

2. To expect a little bleeding from time to time.

3. Foul odor coming from his mouth.

4. Because of the discomfort, I should expect my son to be irritable.

I was also advised to give him only soft food while he is healing -- jello, mashed potatoes, soup (but not too hot), anything as long as it does not have edges would be fine. Tonight I am preparing myself emotionally as this is my youngest son who will be placed on that operating table, he just turned 6 last Saturday, June 18th. Hence, I pray...

Lord, please guide the hands of  Dr. Hani and the other doctors as they perform the procedure on my son, Allen. May his hands be light and his fingers deft. Stay with my son Lord and have his Guardian Angel protect him too. I ask you this through your son Jesus Christ. Amen.