Cannon's T&A: Day 1

We arrived at the surgery center at 9:00 a.m. Cannon was super cranky as he had not eaten since 6:00 the previous day. Poor kid. Can't blame him for being cranky. I know I was and I had at least had a cup of coffee! The Cook Children's Mid-Cities Surgery Center is awesome. They got us in a room really quickly and it wasn't too long before he got his versed and was rolled away for the surgery.

Above is a picture of Cannon pre-surgery. He was enjoying the books and toys some great friends gave him to stay occupied!

The surgery itself was really quick (30 minutes max) but it took a little while before I was able to go back to see him. They tell me that was mainly because they had to reinsert his IV line. We were in a private room, as there was a possibility of us staying overnight, depending on how Cannon responded to the tonsil and adenoid removal. He was really quite the trooper and was only unhappy because he could not get out of the hospital bed! No signs of pain at this point really, but I guess morphine will do that to you. Ha Ha. He immediately sucked down a sippy of apple juice and shortly after had an orange jello. By the time we left he had had 2 juice cups, 2 apple sauces, 2 jellos and 2 popsicles! And thanks to my Dad, I was able to eat lunch around 2:45 also!

They decided to release Cannon at around 4:45. He was just doing so awesome. In fact, he was up and walking around with the nurses and they were all taking turns walking around with him. By choice, not because they had to. He had them wrapped around his little finger. Too funny. He even wanted to push the broom around that the nice gentleman cleaning the room next door had with him. So off we went to Walgreens to get the prescriptions and to head to the Sharp Recovery Unit. Cannon fell asleep on the way home and stayed asleep until around 8:00.

Unfortunately, the honeymoon period was soon to be over. At 9:30 It was time to give him his meds. Hydrocodone for the pain, an antibiotic, and ear drops for the tubes in his ears. He was not a happy camper. Luckily, after the trauma of medicine administration, he was able to go to sleep but it was a restless night for him. Up once at 12:45 and then I had to give him more paint meds at 1:45. Luckily after the pain meds at 1:45 he slept better and got up around 6:00. More on how day 2 recovery (Saturday) in a later post!

Thanks for all the prayers and wishes for speedy recovery!