The adventures of surgery with a two year old

10 things I learned these 5 days post op with a two year old (dare I add stubborn 2 year old)

10. Insists on sleeping on me no matter if my legs, hips & tushie are in pain

9. Putting a nuk in her mouth makes her swallow the much needed medicine

8. Ellaphant (her stuffed animal) really needs a bath, but has been the best companion he was knocked out before her, he got a chest xray just like her and he gets medicine like Amelia :)

7. Disney movies heal. How many times have I watched Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas this week? You don't want to know!

6. Her brother & sister will annoy her no matter what they are doing, don't even think about looking at her Baylee and Charlie

5. She will wake up in the middle of the night screaming, every 4 hours, in need of item #2, then think it is time to watch a movie, so crying for 15 minutes because you are mad at mom before passing out again!

4. You can not eat too many popsicles.

3. White popsicles rock! Pina Colada YUM!

2. Tylenol with codeine is my savior!!!

1. She wants her mommy, no matter how much she loves her daddy, only Mommy's arms will do!

Recovering kiddos

Amelia after surgery! She has her faithful friend, "Ellaphant", he helps her feel better!
She received balloons from her Uncle Mike, Aunt Irma & boys! She loved them.
Baylee & Charlie fast asleep, Amelia got up & covered them up with their blankets, patted them on the backs & then turned to me with her finger by her mouth & said "shh, nigh,nigh". A sweet moment!

Post op

Well we are post op recovering now. Amelia is doing well, she had her tonsils/adnoids outs and tubes put in her ears. She seems to go in spurts of wellness. Then she crashes and cries which she is hard to get to calm down. She doesn't like to take her medicine so every 4 hours we have a meltdown. Amelia had to stay overnight in the hospital, they wanted to give her anti swelling drugs because she already has a small throat and with the natural swelling from surgery they wanted to make sure her airway was clear. She loved going on wagon rides throughout Children's Hospital. We met some other friends in the hospital and mommy just has to say that we are really lucky we just had our tonsils/adnoids out, some of the poor angels we met were in for far worse. May they recover soon :)

Charlie is doing well, a little gassy still from his procedures. He had a bronc and endocospy which led to them taking 3 biopsies of his tummy from "suspicious" material. We will know what that is all about in a week or so when the results come back. He fought being put under put did well waking up. He then got to have some cuddle time with his favorite person, grandma I. He was a major flirt with the woman, just like his Grandpa I used to be!! He really didn't like his iv and we had to restrain him so he wouldn't pull it out!

Baylee is doing well, she has aspiration pneumonia. All 3 of my children have been diagnosed with weak throats that leave their airway not protected from liquids. We are going to be starting Vital Stem therapy in December (Amelia has to wait 4-6 weeks). This is to strengthen their throat muscles so we can prevent aspiration pneumonia. Anyways Baylee is doing well, currently napping. She has not had a fever for 3 days. So we are thankful and hopeful she is on the mend.

Cute after note. Amelia is awake right now but her siblings are sleeping on the floor in the living room. She just took 2 blankets and covered each one of them up and patted their back and said "nigh, nigh". Too cute. A definite glad to be a mom moment!!

Surgery Day

Amelia and Charlie will be having surgery tomorrow, please keep them in your prayers!!

Lazy Sunday

What are we doing today? Absolutely nothing! It feels good to have a morning with just the family hanging out, playing dollies, playing with mommy's make up kit (Amelia), which lead to cleaning the carpet, Charlie eating a least 3 whole silver dollar pancakes, the girls decorating each other with pudding, watching Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas, throwing clean laundry all over thinking it is the best game ever, putting blankets on our heads and trying to find our way around. So was this morning lazy?? We need to add at least 5 timeouts for 2 little 2 year olds and 1 timeout for a little man who can't stop turning the tv on and off. 1 meltdown over a missed toy. 1 doorbell ring from another kid selling some kind of fundraiser thing.

Now for naptime! phew! Mommy needs a nap and daddy is off to work. Afternoon fun...hmmm I am thinking of something that gives hours of entertainment but hours of clean up to...what's that? Playdoh! May my children not consume it or throw it across the room or smash it in the carpet.
Happy Sunday!