Friday, June 24, 2011

Good Bye Tonsils

Poor little Levi had his tonsils out Monday. Despite all our attempts to prepare him I felt like he was traumatized. His surgery only lasted half an hour and went very well according to the Dr.
This is Levi in the recovery room. He was talking gibberish for 10 min or so. One of the first things he said that was intelligible was something about Andrea and his shoes. It was a pathetic site.
Because of how his IV we couldn't put a shirt on him all day. (In case you were wondering why he's topless in all these pictures.) Once we got to his room we let him open some presents. You can see he's real impressed.
Once we got him set up with a movie he was pretty comfortable and didn't really complain at all. You can see his poor hand in this picture. That's were they put the IV, which they then covered with a shield, and then wrapped in gauze because he scratched his eye with the plastic.
He reached amazing heights of laziness. In this picture I'm feeding him a Popsicle, he wouldn't even lick it, just hold out his tongue and wait for me to swipe the Popsicle across it.
Steve got a kick out of how he lounged with his hand behind his head the entire time. His lizard stayed with him the whole day, even during the surgery.
He seems to be perking up a little today and I can't wait for him to be all healed so we can move forward. I'm so hopeful that he will have fewer strep cases now.
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3 comments:

Shonya said...

He looks so pitiful!!! Wouldn't you so much prefer to go through these things than to watch your kids go through them?! Takes me back to when Briana had her umbilical hernia repair. . .and I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with it again with Tyrell! Harder on us mamas than the kids, I say!!

Finding Joy in the Journey said...

Whoa, he looks pitiful indeed! Poor tyke. I'm glad he's healing well and movie forward! Here's to a healthier Levi!

Andrea Frederick said...

I hope this tonsil thing was worth it! A rough couple of weeks for the Mehringers but it's all behind you now!