Tonsils and Tornados

WE ARE HOME! Thank goodness! Jack went in to have his tonsils removed (after much sickness). He was a little scared but he was a real trooper. It was a long day. It takes careful planning to coordinate schedules when one parent is missing in action. We woke up to much needed rain and headed out about 6:45am.When we arrived we were carried to his "holding" room, where he slipped on everybody's favorite hospital attire, the open backed gown.

We immediately found something for our "Redneck Viewing Pleasure".

(And Jack even knew the names of the trucks: Grave Digger, Bounty Hunter, Superman, you get the picture).

Jack was getting a little ancy so he started climbing the walls (literally)!

So after waiting and watching, he was rolled back to the Operating Room where one of my best friend's, Cindy, was waiting on him. He was in surgery for about 45 minutes and in recovery for about an hour. They took him to his room about 10:45 and that is where the fun began. The throw up. For those of you who don't know me, I don't do throw up. That is my husband's department. But yesterday, I had to.

This is what Jack looked like most of the day.

He wouldn't let us move the bed pan from beside his face. How comfortable do you think that is? (Actually, the vomit was not near as bad as being at home. I always had someone to come help clean up. And since he had no food, it was mostly blood and mucus. Isn't that a pleasant thought?).
Around 2:30, the nurse opened the door and said, "A code gray has been issued (which means there is a tornado warning) and we have to move everyone out in the hall." So instead of moving the whole bed, she just moved a chair and asked me to hold Jack. When we reached the hall dragging Jack's blanket (another post in and of itself), bed pan, cell phone, and all the IV equipment, he immediately vomits all over the floor. Thank God for the nurse walking down the hall at that time! So they figured out we at least needed a recliner. So until 4:40, we were in the hall. (A tornado did touch down in our county but not close to the hospital.)
Finally at about 9:30pm, the nurse gave him Phenergan and the rest of the night was great. He slept better than he does at home. At 4am this morning, the nurse came in to check on him and woke him up. He was wide awake for the rest of the night.

We lounged on the hospital bed and watched cartoons until the doctor came in at 7:30.

We ate breakfast, he was given Tylenol with Codeine and a dose of his antibiotic and off we went.

I think the itty bitty wheel chair is great.

We stopped at the pharmacy and he was a bundle of activity.

They gave him lollipops and off we went to spend the rest of the day relaxing. What is he doing now? Why, watching Spongebob, of course! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.