tonsils

At Jacksons 5 yr checkup the doctor noticed that his tonsils were very large.  When she started asking questions and I kept answering yes, she referred us to an ENT.  Examples-does he snore-yes; wake up a lot at night-yes; sleep with his head in a funny position-yes; etc...
We met with the ENT on Monday and had an appointment on Thursday to get the tonsils/adenoids removed.  It was hard to know how much to prep Jackson about the procedure, he is afraid of the tongue depressor at the Dr's office!  He got nervous when they drew his blood, Jason was holding him and probably equally nervous:).  But he let them do it and he still says the "red part" was the worst thing.

Playing leapster and spending
time with Amanda before surgery

When we got into a room they had a matchbox car for him and crayons on the bed, telling him that he could color on the sheets and make a track for his car.  Jason had also bought a new game for his leapster so he was all set.  He actually went back into the OR playing the leapster even though he was starting to have trouble focusing because of the "happy drugs" they had given him.  One of the nurses said he was the video game kid of the day!
The surgery center was where we did the in vitro procedures, right next to the hospital where I was on bed rest and had the girls and also connected to the children's hospital/nicu.  It was hard for me to wander around all the places that had become so familiar back in December but overall it wasn't too bad.  At least Jason and I knew where to go and get some breakfast and coffee while Jackson was in surgery.

Post-op, watching tv with Dad and giving
Mom an interesting look.  Notice the popsicle
stained lips??

Everything went well and the doctor said that in relation to body size , Jacksons tonsils were some of the largest he had ever removed and that we could expect to have a totally different kid on our hands.  That made me nervous, was he saying that Jackson will be more rambunctious than he already is???  So far the only difference we have noticed is that his voice sounds higher and "squeakier," we are hoping this will change back some after everything heals.

he requested and ate an entire grilled
cheese sandwich the afternoon
of surgery(about 30 min after Sarah
watched him puke!)

The surgery was six days ago and he is doing great, eating and playing normal.  He even slept through the night last night, I'm definitely hoping he keeps that up!!