Here's Doodle before the procedure:
Here's Doodle after the procedure:
Here she is winning Hospital Bingo:
Doodle did great and we can't say enough good things about our local childrens' hospital. Doodle was very brave, but they made it easy on us. They let her bring her stuffed animal in to the procedure (Husky was a last minute substitute-- Dad forgot her penguin so we rescued Husky from the gift shop that am) and he got a hospital bracelet and his own "laughing gas mask," The hospital even scented/flavored the laughing gas with the flavor of her choice: cherry. The whole procedure was familiar to her as she took a class the weekend before and got to see everything, including the operating room. The icing on the cake was hospital bingo, which she played from her bed. She was a lucky winner and got to pick out a blanket from the tv as a prize and it was delivered to her!
The recovery was tough, lots of pain and no school for a week. Nothing like barfing after surgery when your throat is raw!! No gym, no physical activity for two weeks. No crunchy foods for two weeks. She survived and is so quiet when she sleeps I have to check and make sure she is still breathing. We took a video clip of her voice, and I'll post before and after video-- her surgeon told her that her voice might change after the surgery.
Time will tell, but preliminary results are great-- her adenoids were blocking her airway by 50% and you can see how big Harvey was-- in the surgeon's words, "that tonsil is impressive"....so much so that the med students, anesthesiologist, were all, "wow, that is one huge tonsil!"
Having much more air has got to feel wonderful to her-- especially as the pain goes away.
