Tonsillectomy

I haven't posted to this blog in so long I doubt anyone reads it anymore. I usually tell little stories on Facebook but this story is so long, I wanted to write it here so we won't forget the details.

Thomas had his tonsils and adenoids removed on Thursday. We wanted him to have it done at Cook's and are so happy we did. Everyone there was SO nice and great with children. Thomas was not scared at all. The surgeon had done a great job getting him excited about it by telling him he'd wear a gas mask like fighter pilots do, choose the flavor of air he wanted to breathe during the surgery, and then have to eat 10 gallons of ice cream afterwards.

The day of surgery, anesthesiologist came in and asked him if he understood how he was going to be put to sleep for the surgery. Thomas said he did. The anesthesiologist said, "Great! I've got my baseball bat and I'm going to hit you over the head really hard. And then if you start to wake up during surgery, I'll hit you again. But don't worry because I've never actually knocked anyone's brains out of their head." Thomas really giggled at that one. He asked Thomas what flavor of air he wanted to breathe and Thomas asked for chocolate. They didn't have that so he selected bubble gum.

Later, a nurse was asking Thomas what flavor of air he selected and he told her he originally wanted chocolate but they didn't have that so he went with bubble gum. She said, "Well, you are really lucky to be here this week. Last week, we didn't have fruity smells. All we had was Stinky Socks, Wet Dog, and Spinach."

A separate nurse asked him if he'd removed his belly button ring and other piercings. And before we left that day, a doctor told him that he hated to tell him this but that it was really important: Thomas wouldn't be able to drive or operate heavy machinery for 24 hours.

We were so proud of Thomas. He wasn't nervous at all so they didn't give him a premedication called Giggle Juice. The dr. said if he didn't need it to relax, that would make it even easier for him to come out of the anesthesia after surgery. The other kids we were with in the Game Room before surgery all had Giggle Juice. The Game Room was a cool place for kiddos. Once he got his gown on, he had the choice of staying in his room or going to the game room. He chose to go play. So while he was waiting for his turn, he played Wii. Pretty cool. When it was time for his surgery, they wheeled a bed to the game room, called his name, and he jumped up on the gurney without any fear.

After surgery, we had to wait a while until he was ready for see us in recovery. When we went back, he was really tired and kept apologizing that he couldn't wake up. He was a very brave boy and we were proud parents. And while he's recovering, he's being such a polite patient. He's being a much better patient than I would be. :-)

One thing I forgot to mention is when the surgeon came out to talk to us after surgery, she said, "The tooth fairy came to visit!" and gave us a small case with his tooth inside and a dollar. One of his top teeth was so loose they were afraid it would come out either during the procedure or afterwards when he was coming out of anesthesia so they removed it. We let him have the dollar from the surgeon and then he left it under his pillow for the real tooth fairy because she always gives him golden dollars.

Two Quick Stories

I can't believe how long it's been since I've written on the boys blogs. I mean, I can't believe how long it's been since I've written on Thomas' blog and Jonathan's written on his. ;-) At least I'm posting pics on my other blog so you have some idea of what they've been up to.

Thomas was going to wrestle with David the other night and looked at him, waggled his fingers and said, "Bring it on old man!"

We went to eat chinese food a couple weeks ago and for the first time ever, he tried one piece of chicken in a sweet sauce called Stripped Chicken. He noticed that he'd gotten a little of the sauce on his hand and said, "I've gotta get this Chinese sauce off my hand!" Then he proceeded to eat the rest of his chicken and french fries, which is what he usually eats. After the meal, he sat back and said, "Woo! I'm FULL of Chinese food!"

As his proud mommy, I get to tell you that he's finished all 40 readers at school and is now working on additional readers. No one else in his class is even close to finished so we're definitely proud of our little reading machine. It's funny when they start reading though, some of the things you'd rather they didn't read, they do. Like flipping through the guide on the TV, he sees shows he wants to watch and asks for them even though I didn't want him to know that particular show was on because I didn't want to see it AGAIN. And ordering food from the kid's menu, he now gets onto me for not pointing out all the options. He'll say, "You didn't say taco and enchiladas and hamburgers." Of course, I didn't because he won't eat them. But hey, maybe if he can read them, he'll start eating them.

Why?

Thursday was a really cold day here so I picked out sweaters for the boys to wear. As he was getting dressed, Thomas looked at the sweater and asked me, "Mommy, why are you trying to make me handsome?"

More Lyricality

We were listening to Abba last week in the car and Thomas asked if he could listen to the song that went, "I was in jail before we met..." I racked my brain trying to remember what it was. Never did. So we started going through the CD. We finally found it, Lay All Your Love On Me, and the lyrics actually are, "I wasn't jealous before we met..." :-)

And I did get my iPhone. Yippee!

iPhone Envy

I've wanted an iPhone ever since they came out and have REALLY wanted one since the iPhone 3G came out last summer but I can't upgrade until 1/9/09...this Friday! David, meanwhile, had been dithering for the last 18 months over what phone he wanted to upgrade to. After his trip to Amsterdam in November, he came home and said, "I've decided I want an iPhone." He said every other person in business class had one and were busy watching movies, playing games, and listening to music and he decided he wanted to be one of them. So he got one just before Christmas. And it's really cool. I knew I wanted one already but seeing one in action is that much cooler. And both of our children like it too. There is a lightsaber app that both kids love to use, it turns the iPhone into one that you can swing around and hear the sound effects. Thomas also loves playing a number of David's games, watching Horton Hears A Who!, and watching You Tube videos all on David's phone.

So, last night, we had dinner with David's uncle Rik who was in town for a conference. Thomas and I were sitting in the back row of the van and he asked David if he could borrow his phone. I told him that Daddy was busy talking to uncle Rik and that he could just play with my phone instead. He said, "Mommy, I don't want to play with your phone. It doesn't have any cool stuff on it!" I completely agree. Only two more days.... ;-)