Surgery Day & The Bounce-Back-Kid...

Dillon had his tonsils and adenoid glands removed yesterday. It was a long time coming and we are really excited for him to breathe better, sleep better and hear better now! The poor guy has forever been stuffed up day and night, diagnosed with a bit of sleep apnea, and has had his more than fair share of ear infections in the past and I have to say that if I thought I had my hands full before, I'm reconsidering the thought because we're above and beyond that now!

After recovering for less than an hour, (which means his morphine wore off) he was sitting up and playing in the recovery room watching the clock because he knew we could leave at 12:00. Jim left to get some lunch and Dillon wanted to give him a call, then called Grandma, then called Nana, Carter & Brayden to tell everybody how great he was! He got to ride in a wagon on the way to the car and made sure that Daddy recorded the waterfall on the way out for Carter to see - this was his day for ultimate attention and there he was thinking of what would make his brother happy.

We were totally not prepared for how great he felt right after having surgery. We were ready to gently nurse him back to health and snuggle and watch movies all day for a couple of days but instead we couldn't keep him down to rest at all, not even after his dose of prescription Hydrocodone. Really, he is literally the bounce back kid, he was running and jumping around even teasing Carter, nothing phases him! I told Jim that if we weren't the ones who had actually taken him to the surgery center ourselves, I don't think we would have believed that he had the surgery done that day.

Boy, it sure is a hard day when your brother has surgery...here is Carter resting on the couch last night, while Dillon keeps himself busy coloring a fantastic picture of all of his favorite Pokemon characters. All I'm left thinking is that this must have been so much needed, that having the surgery made him feel instantly better than he did before. I've also read several articles about children like Dillon who have a really hard time gaining weight and then have the surgery done seem to 'catch up' and gain a little more weight soon after...so we are pretty interested to see what happens next.

To top it off, yesterday afternoon Dillon said to us, "This is the best day ever! I got to see a firetruck & tractors, I got to ride in a wagon, and I got my very own flowers!"

What? The best day ever? Well, Mr. Amazing, why wouldn't it be?!!