Ryleigh has taken up drinking, and she's going for the gold. Hence, the title, drinking like a rock star! If it were alcohol she was guzzling, her liver would be pickled by now. I'm so proud of her!!!
Seriously, Ryleigh went in for surgery Wednesday morning (WWWAAAYYYY early - we started at 4:30am). She had her Tonsils and Adenoids (sp?) removed. Grandma, you'll be pleased to find out that they went down her throat and checked it and her voice box and all is normal and well, she just has a sexy voice (or at least did). Right now she sounds like she's been sucking on helium. Scott and I both hope her voice returns to normal shortly!!!
We spent the night and returned home just now. She has been a champ and really is drinking like a rock star. So the pics in this post are to describe where the tonsils and adenoids are located. The second one shows a bad tonsil area and a good (meaning cleared) tonsil area. The third is not Ryleigh, but her tonsils were described by her ENT as monstrous and these look very similar to hers.
Where you would normally see a dangling thingy in the center and nice big openings leading down the throat, hers had no dangling thingy and only a circle no bigger than a #2 pencil eraser leading down the throat. They truly were monstrous!!!! There is now a "cavernous" opening going down her throat as the doctor described it and that is why her voice is changed but it should return to normal and if it doesn't (which occasionally happens) we'll get used to her new voice.As I've said in earlier posts, 'tis the season for speed and non-stop activity, so tonight (yes, you read correct ... the very same night that we returned from the hospital) we go to Colbey's band concert, tomorrow is the Hooten farewell/graduation party and the combined ward Christmas party. Saturday I think is designated for catching up on my sleep. (I've gotten 10 hours in the last 72. I am surely not as young as I used to be because I'm hurting right now!!!) : )
PS - The tooth fairy left Pokemon cards for Landon's second tooth. He was thrilled!!
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4 comments:
I'm so glad to hear she is doing well. Thanks for the quick update.
Glad to hear all went well. Victoria had her tonsils and adenoids out when she was 5, hers were huge too with constant strep infection (they labeled her a strep carrier). Before they were removed she had bad asthma, but about 6 months after it really calmed way down. Victoria was given codeine which we found she has an adverse reaction to (crying hysterically until it wore off).
You may want to keep her at home for a couple of days or at least bolster her drink with emergen-c to boost her immune system. The body can take surgery hard, and a virus or bacteria might have a big open door to wreak havoc.
Anyway, glad she is doing well. Our baby's and surgery can be very hard on us mom's, so make sure you are taking some time for yourself too!
What are tonsils for anyway? I am glad that Ryleigh went through it like a champ. I wish they would have taken mine away when they took my adenoids... Love you!
Poor Ryleigh!! Glad to hear everything went well. I hope she gets her sexy little voice back. I would miss it if it were gone. Tell her I love her and miss her. Love you guys!!
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