Wednesday, May 9, 2012, Alyssa had her tonsils and adenoids removed by Dr. Wood at the Cache Valley Hospital. I knew her adenoids were large, but was not planning on having her tonsils removed. When Dr. Wood examined her throat, he said they were huge, touching each other in the back of her throat. He didn't think her speech would improve much unless he removed them also. I trusted him, and concented to have them out. Alyssa also had a hemangioma on her posterior head that would be removed while she was asleep. Wednesday morning we had to be at the hospital at 8:15. Allen took the other girls to school and stayed home with Joslynn. Alyssa was a little nervous, but was given a blessing the night before, which calmed her fears and mine. Dr. Wood films his surgeries and allows the parents to watch as he performs the surgery. The hospital has a room with closed circuit TV to view the surgery. I wanted to be in the operating room, but that is not allowed at the hospital. I watched the surgery and Dr. Wood talked through it and explained what he was doing. Alyssa's tonsils were huge and one of them was infected. When grabbed with the instruments, pus came oozing out. She had large blood vessels to both tonsils and Dr. Wood explained that her body was compensating with extra blood supply to the tonsils to keep them alive. (She does not have a history of tonsilitis) When he pulled the uvula back to see the adenoids, he was blown away. They were "HUGE"! They had started to grow into her nasal passageway and were occluding her nose. I am really glad we had the surgery done and she is recovering well. She has enjoyed her creamies, popsicles, ice cream and yogurt. Yesterday was her check-up and everything looked good. Dr. Wood suctioned off some of the scabs because they were thick, which could lead to another infection. The growth on her head was sent to pathology and was a hemangioma, so no concerns. She will have her stitches out next week.
Waiting for surgery
Alyssa did alot of this for a couple of days. Following surgery she was really upset to her stomach. We couldn't keep anything in her. She would eat a popsicle and 5 minutes later it would be coming up. I finally called Dr. Wood's nurse to see if I could get some Zofran for her. She thought it was just related to the anesethsia and wanted to wait. By 5 pm Alyssa was still nauseated with emesis so the nurse called in a prescription. By 9 pm she finally was keeping liquids down. It was a rough first day. Alyssa's favorite color is pink, so she chose pink coban to wrap her hand when the IV was removed. I talked with the nurse that took care of her in recovery. The anesthesiologist brought her in and said she fell asleep fast and was very cooperative, held her mask on herself. When Alyssa woke up she was MAD. She was yelling "I want my mom" and keeping her feet and thrashing her arms. I could hear her yelling and knew the minute she woke up. Once they brought her to me she calmed down and was even better after she received some pain meds. The nurse said she was a fiesty one!
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