The agony of the tonsil and adenoidectomy!!!

I don't know what we were thinking! How did we not realize this would be so horrible?! Why is my little guy in such pain?!

Alex hurts so bad he won't even swallow his own spit. He takes pain medicine and in just an hour or less, he's in agonizing pain. It hurts him so much his heart races and he is drenched in sweat. He's white as a ghost and he looks like he may pass out.

The only thing he wants to do is lean on me and drool into a burp cloth and cry. It's excruciating for all of us. We've tried ice cream, Popsicles, smoothie, pudding, you name it, and he just cries.

The doctor let me increase the amount of pain meds, but it's not touching him. He's had 3 doses today and only 15 minutes of sleep, after which he woke up screaming from the pain.

He tells us it could be like this for 7-14 days! Holy crap! Poor Max, I couldn't even finish feeding him a full bottle today, because Alex was doubled over in pain. I can't just lay Max down, because of the spitting and reflux, he'll choke and turn blue on me. I try putting him on his tummy so the spit up can just run out, that seems to work and them he just has to scream while I'm calming Alex, which can take up to 30 minutes or more, while the pain medicine kicks in.

How can we land a man on the moon, cut open hearts, replace organs, and this "minor" surgery is still so excruciating? I really don't think it's minor at all.

Troy and I are tag teaming this weekend. One of us will sleep on the trundle bed in Alex's room. We have to set an alarm and get up every 4 hours to give him more pain meds, so we stay ahead of the pain. We also have to make him talk and check for bleeding.

The other lucky parent gets to sleep with Max and listen for the reflux or the breathing alarm and get up every 4 hours to feed him and keep him upright for an hour before he goes back to bed.

Oh, the joys of parenting... so worth it, but so hard to see our boys both struggling right now. Poor Ella, thank goodness she's feeling a little better, today was her third at home with the bacterial lung and ear infection. She'd better stay healthy for a few days, or we're doomed!