Its been rough for us both. First, he hasn't been able to sleep through the night, even on hydrocodone. We've been making journeys to the kitchen at 2 am for popsicles and ice chips. He hasn't eaten a single solid food since his surgery. Its been hard, even, to keep him drinking (which is most important).
They warn you post-op their breath will be bad. Bad isn't the word, its horrible. All the tissue in the back of the throat is healing and no amount of teeth brushing does a single thing. So while its been nice to have him cuddle up, the breath has not been pleasant.
He has not gone back to school yet. I keep waiting for him to turn the corner and at least be able to eat something solid, and/or drink without crying in pain. At this point, we will probably just wait until Monday to send him back. No t-ball again this weekend and we'll have to see about Tuesday nights' game. And he's on a break from taekwondo.
He has a birthday party to attend Saturday, so I hope he can at least make that, at least for a little while (I will stay to make sure he's okay).
Its been a long week. But on the bright side, I've cleaned out several closets (including our pantry which I did an entire junk food overhaul and got rid of foods we are eliminating from our diets to try and live more healthfully), cleaned the heck out the house, made homemade bread, macaroni and cheese and white chicken chili, and wrote copious thank you notes for all the meals people have sent our way these past couple of weeks.
Tomorrow marks the two week countdown until our long awaited trip to Disney World. I have to think he'll be back to normal long before then. Andrew is almost back to normal, having almost fully recovered from his back surgery. My Stepdad had similar back surgery with the same surgeon two days ago and is overjoyed with how great he already feels. Thank goodness for modern medicine.
But back to Logan... I know in the long run it will all be worth it. This will help him get much better quality sleep and will even likely cut down on throat infections. As a mom though, its hard to watch him cry in pain and have very little I can do for him. I'm really ready to put this behind on and have our normal life back.
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