Emmy has had six episodes of strep throat in the past year, and the last two times she got sick, she needed two different antibiotics to get better. After all that, we decided it was finally time to have her tonsils removed, since they were causing so many issues. As a mom/nurse who takes care of these kids every day, I knew how tough recovery could be, and I wasn’t looking forward to it. After surgery, they need to stay home for 10 days due to the risk of bleeding, so we had to schedule it during a school break—otherwise, she'd miss too much school.
We tried to prepare her for the surgery without making her overly anxious. She was really nervous about the IV, so Andrea talked to her beforehand and reassured her that she would be the one to start it. There were a few tears, but Emmy was so brave through it all.
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| Sara took care of her up in PACU and said she did good she was a little loopy though. |
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| She looks a little rough here. This is post blue popsicle, her lips aren't blue from lack of oxygen. |
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| I wanted to get a picture of her with her nurses but the poor girl looks so miserable. |
Abby had a little gift basket of stuff for her when she got home. The rest of the day was pretty rough. Emmy kept saying that it was hard to breathe because a ball was in her throat. She wasn't wrong, her poor uvula was incredibly swollen.
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