Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Surgery

On Monday morning Kinley had her tonsils & adenoids taken out. I was a nervous wreck bc I just knew she was going to wake up crying & in pain. But she proved me wrong! She woke up & was a little weird from the anesthesia but she never cried & never said she was hurting. She didn't even cry when they took her IV out! Such a tough girl! The surgery took about 40 minutes total from the time they took her back to the time the doctor came to tell us he was finished!
She also had her skin tag removed from her ear. She has 2 stitches from that & it bothers her a little! We are going back Tuesday at 8:30 to get those taken out.
After she came home on Monday she took an hour nap & then it was all we could do to keep her calm! She was crazy .. I think the Tylenol & codeine pain medicine is getting her wired instead of making her sleepy!!!
After she is all healed up I'm REALLY hoping she will be cured of the sleep apnea & constant breathing problems. She is swollen right now so she's still stuffy & snoring when she sleeps.

Adenoids are behind the uvula in your mouth. Doc said these were also clogging her nasal passage when she sleeps- causing the snoring and gurgling as well as gasping for air. Her tonsils were also so swollen that her airway through the mouth was blocked :/
This is all about 2-3 hrs post surgery..
Nana & PaPa gave her a new build a kitty :) She named her Beachy bc she is SO excited to go to the beach in June!
Wouldn't catch me smiling after any kind of surgery! She is a trooper!
PawPaw & Gi sent her flowers & balloons with a teddy bear!

Mommy & Daddy gave her some balloons..
And Auntie M, Uncle Jeff & Macy gave her a Hello Kitty care package ..& a princess cup!
Lovin on her new friends!



Thank you everyone for your thoughts & prayers! Kinley did just fine & will be at home for 2 weeks recovering! I know she will be ready to get back to school after next week!





5 comments:

Holly and Matthew said...

What a tough little kid. I am sorry you had to go through that. I can imagine that was stressful. Hope she heals up quickly!

the shepherds said...

What a trooper!!!!! So glad she is on the mend!!! No fun!!!!

Ape said...

she is def a little trooper!!! im praying this is all she needed to make her FEEL 100 times better

Nicole Rodriguez said...

Sweet Girl! So glad everything went well! I know she'll feel so much better once she's all healed up!

Rosie said...

Gosh-I had no idea she was getting surgery until I saw on FB that ya'll were at the hospital. I'm so glad she seems to be doing so well. What a trooper! Hopefully this will help all her problems!!