Surgery for Jamahl

Today was the long anticipated day for Jamahl to have his tonsils and adenoids removed.  We have had it scheduled for over two months now and the anticipation has been so hard for him!  He was such a trooper today though.  Last week we took a pre-surgery tour and that really seemed to calm his nerves.  Knowing where he was going to be, being able to ask all about the whole process, and just see all of the ins and outs, really made the whole day go much better.  We had a great doctor, a wonderful OR nurse and a fantastic anesthesiologist who all took excellent care of him.  He received some nerve medication before the procedure and so by the time they came to take him back he was feeling really goofy.  I went back with him to the operating room until he was asleep and he went to sleep so peacefully, smelling his chocolate chip cookie chap stick.  Literally, before Paul and I had time to finish our lunch, the surgeon had us paged.  He told us that his tonsils were very deep and embedded in his throat and that there were lots of "stones", which is a sign is constant infection...in other words, they needed to come out! Just a quick half hour later we were with him in the recovery room.  He struggled a bit in the PACU, sedation apparently makes him overly emotional, but after a few hours of  lots of tears, he calmed downed.  The only thing that would keep his mind off of his pain was the blue raspberry slushies!  Thanks goodness someone had the genius idea to put slushy machines on most floors of the new hospital.  By the time we were able to leave, some five hours after arriving, he was feeling good enough for a chocolate shake.  In true Jamahl fashion, he commented several times while we were there on mow much Keyan was going to love the new hospital...he is always thinking about other!  I just love this kid!  So, tonight he is sleeping in our room with us so that we can make sure everything is alright.  We have to give him pain meds thru the night as well so it could be a long night!  I know that the next two weeks may be rough, but I am so glad to have today behind us.