Jimmy's birthday/Paige's tonsillectomy

Yesterday was Jimmy's birthday.  Unfortunately he has been working non stop and had a pretty bad week at work. But he is a good daddy and since Paige's tonsillectomy was the next day he let her pick any place she wanted to go eat.  Caden left with Jimmy's dad that afternoon to spend some time with Nana and Papaw while Paige recovered from her surgery.  So it was just the three of us off to Jimmy Changa's for a birthday/tonsillectomy dinner.  Jimmy was tired afterwards so we dropped him off and Paige and I did a little pre-surgery shopping.  I think we went a little over board with the ice cream and Popsicles but I may have had a last minute panic attack about her surgery and just started shoving things into the cart!  Lol

I don't think any of us slept well last night but we were up early and at the hospital by 7:30.  I wasn't sure how Paige would react to everything but she was such a brave girl.  They let her pick out the flavor of gas mask she wanted (bubble gum) and explained to her that she would just go to sleep with no pokes until she was good and asleep.  Soon it was her turn and she walked away with the nurses like a champ after picking out a stuffed koala bear to carry with her.  The surgery did not take too long and the doctor came out to let is know how she did.  They said she was such a sweet brave girl and she did well.  She did have lots of scar tissue which made the removal a little more difficult but other then that she was good.  We went back to see her in recovery and poor thing was pretty upset.  She was crying from the pain so the nurse gave her more pain meds thru her Iv and she was off to sleep again.  The next time she woke up she was still in pain but it was manageable and she drank right away which was a good sign. Now we are home and so far she is doing great.  I read that as long as you keep on top of the Mortin and Tylenol they usually do fine so I definatly plan to do so. I am hoping the rest if her recovery will go smoothly and she will be herself again soon!