We had the boys followups today from their surgerys and both are doing well. Eastons recovery was really nothing at all. We do have to go back every six months though until the tubes fall out. Payton was a different story! The day of and the day after surgery he was in a lot of pain (which we expected). He also got a little sick from the pain meds a few times, so we moved to normal Tylenol. On Saturday morning he was getting sick nonstop and could not keep even little sips of water down. He then got really lethargic and you could tell he was dehydrated. So I called the doctor and they sent us to the ER. So they gave him some meds and some IV fluids and he perked up right away. His throat doesn't really hurt anymore and the only symptom he still has is that his voice is all messed up. It is really soft and high pitched right now.
He is still home from school and really wants to go and see his friends. We have visited a few times when we drop off and pick up Easton, so that helps. He is also getting really frustrated that he can't eat whatever he wants either. For another week he still has to stay away from anything sharp, rigid, hard, spicy, sour or citrisy. He doesn't really understand that if he has those things it will open the wounds back up that are starting to heal.
Easton got his first trim today! It seems like all of a sudden his hair has gotten out of control! It now has a bunch of curl to it and especially since it is warm out, when he gets sweaty it is really curly. Well it has started to curl over his ears and look a little girl like! So we had to fix that. He really didn't have enough to get rid of to take him to get an actual hair cut, so I just trimmed it up myself, and I am quite proud of it!! It is crazy how much more hair he has then Payton did at this age.
In just a few short weeks we will be in Paradise on vacation and we couldn't be more excited. We really don't have the time or money to go on a big trip, but we decided that even though we don't need a vacation, we need a vacation. Does that make any sense?? Three surgeries in 5 months and trying to work 2 full time demanding jobs, plus everyday household and family demands takes its toll on you and the rest of the family. We are looking forward for the four of us to get away from the real world for a while!
BTW-- I added a couple of pictures to the Spring 2010 album. For some reason MSN doesn't always put them in the order I say and I can not find a way as of yet to move them around. But, I have found, that if you click on the album title it will take you to a new screen where it shows thumbnails of the entire album. Here they are in the correct order. You can view them as thumbnails or scan through them from there. Strange computers!
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