For quite some time now Olivia has been dealing with constant sinus infections. Back in the spring our pediatrician recommeded we see a ENT. We began meeting with Dr. Park and since then have been seeing him regularly. We have tried double doses of antibotics, spray steroids. Livvy has had cameras stuck down her throat. And it has all led to this. Olivia has huge tonsils and adnoids. A few weeks ago Dr. Park had us do an at-home sleep study where Olivia had to sleep with a watch that monitered her oxygen levels. She had a couple concerning minutes where she dipped pretty low adn it was enough to give us the go ahead (with insurance paying) for her tonsillectamy.
So we showed up this morning ready to go, with Olivia fasting. And then we waited and waited and waited some more. Olivia was dressed to impress and was making friends with all the hospital staff. When we were in the pre-surgery room, a nurse came in to the final check in. After examing Olivia, she was ready to send us home, due to Olivias "cold like" symptoms. (Uh... thats the whole reason we are doing this.... to help with the sinus infections aka "cold like" symptoms). We were pretty frustrated and she was pretty chippy and said she would being Dr. Park in. Once Dr. Park was there everything got better. He asked if Olivia was any worse that her "normal" to which we were able to answer "no" and he cleared us for the surgery.
Off Olivia went and Scott and I headed downstairs to wait. Dr. Park gave us a very specific time when he'd be done and that time came and went, which caused us to be a little worried. About 20 mintues after the stated time we got the phone call that we could come up. We headed up stairs and got the update from Dr. Park. There had been a minor complication where a suture had opened up and there had been minor bleeding.
Soon after we were up there they brought a screaming Olivia to us. She was SO mad. And it was clearly directed at the nurse; poor lady! When the nurse left the room we were able to get Olivia to calm down a bit with the help of some Paw Patrol. But every time a nurse would come in, she would start crying and trying to yell. Dr. Park came in to check on her and she did fine with him. Later the anestesiologist came to visit us and said, "did Dr. Park tell you about the blood clot?!"
"What?! NO!"
"Oh man. The suture opened and there was blood shooting everywhere! It was sweet. And then he stitched her back up and it was all good!"
Quite the different story than what we had heard! Haha.
Anyway, Olivia is doing so well. She has had lots of apple juice and slushies and even ate a pancake and french fries! Dr. Park had us stay the night so he could monitor Olivia just to be safe but they sent us home early this morning because she was doing so well.
THE AFTERMATH:
The doctor warned us that the worst days of this are days 3-5 and then around day 7 or 8 is when the scabs typically fall off so those days can be rough. Well we did our best to keep Olivia on her pain meds at all times but there was one day where she wouldn't eat anything. Our neighbor showed up that day with a carton of pink unicorn ice cream. We attempted to give Olivia a bite and she was in love. We ended up letting her eat the entire thing that day simply becuase it was a way to make sure she was eating. We immediately went to the store to get her another carton. The next day I found Olivia in my room with her new carton of icecream, eating it with her hands! Stinker! The recovery was about 10 days and was pretty typical. We are seeing an immediate difference in her "cold like" symptoms and her nagging constant cough. So grateful for good doctors!
