Goodbye tonsils!!!

Over the last 6 months, we have had 3 doctors make comments about our little guy's tonsils being HUGE.  They all recommended we visit the ENT and get his opinion, but thought that he was going to need them removed.  It turns out, after talking to the ENTand the doctor listening to our little "raspy-voiced" dude, before he even looked in Cooper's throat, he was sure his tonsils would be touching.  He was almost right...not quite touching, but still gave him a 4 out of 4 on a scale.  He did have some snoring, but mostly just trouble swallowing and obstruction of his airway.  I mean, how could they not be obstructing when they are pretty close to touching?  Also, because of his raspy voice, he wanted to do a larenscopy because he believed Cooper would have nodules on his larnex.  We scheduled his tonsils to be removed July 15th. 



Playing in the big waiting room at TCH.

Cooper was able to ride in this police car back to the smaller waiting room, which made him a very happy little guy!  They do it right at TCH...I can see why they are very well known.  We are lucky to have them in Houston!
 

John Deere tractor in the small waiting room with his hospital jammies on!

 When he got back to the small waiting room, he set his sights on the tractor and did not want to get off of this thing.  After the child life specialists, nurses, and doctors had talked to us, it was time to head back to the OR.  Cooper had just asked a few minutes before if he could ride the tractor in this certain area and we said no because of all the doctors and nurses around there.  But, when it was his turn to head back, we asked him if he wanted to ride down the hall on the tractor and he said "Yeah!"  Kevin and I both kissed him and told him that we loved him.  He just followed the nurses down the hall with a quick glance back at us and no tears!  We were so proud of him (and shocked too!)!



Our patient in the recovery room

The doctor said the surgery went very well and he did fine.  He showed us pictures of the nodules that he found, but he wasn't overly concerned with them.  Cooper woke up in recovery very sleepy and started coughing immediately, which couldn't feel good!  He wanted to snuggle with me and had 2 juices and a popsicle within 20 minutes of waking up.
 


Cooper and his new Lightening McQueen toy ready to go home!



As soon as he started talking, I noticed a change in his little voice!  It was so much higher pitched then it had been previously!  It sounded like a little baby - so, so sweet!

Over the next few days at home, we took it easy and did a lot of snuggling, eating popsicles, ice cream, yogurt, and drinking any fluids that he wanted!  He didn't sleep as much as I thought he would, even with the pain medicine that was suppose to make him drowsy.  We are so glad that it's over and it went well.  Now we have a follow up appointment at the end of August.

And a special "THANK YOU" to our friends Tiffany and Adam for having Addison over during this time!  She and Rylee had a fun playdate and slumber party!