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Night 5 was uneventful.  He woke up easily during the night and took his medicine well.  I was warned that days 5-9 were the worst because the scabs begin to slough off.  I was grateful that he rested well that night.  It's also worth noting that his tongue had a white coating on it the entire time he was healing.  This was normal as well as gross.  Just part of it.   Day 6 was sort of horrible.  His pain increased greatly.  We noticed large chunks of the scabs began to come off.  He was aware of it as it felt like something was stuck in his throat as he described it.  I would just have him drink large amounts of water to push it on down. He seemed to have a fairly good appetite so I had him eat some chicken nuggets to sort of help things along in the back of his throat.  Ew.  Again, my main focus was staying on top of the drinking, giving him the medicine right on schedule, and keeping him rested.  He did not res...

*This post contains graphic and disgusting images from post adenoid/tonsillectomy.  Sorry about that.  Do not read this post while eating. You've been warned. Back in March and April James was extremely sick for the entire 2 months.  He was also on antibiotics for 2 months.  He lost a lot of weight that he didn't have to spare.  He was the sickest we had ever seen him and it was very scary for Brad and I both.  We decided something had to be done.  After visiting with Dr. Honey about it we decided to see an ENT.  Since James had strep 8 times in a year, we decided he should have his tonsils out and his adenoids out also because of his snoring and tendency to stop breathing while he sleeps.  I read every single thing on the internet that I could about tonsillectomies.  Some of it was helpful, some of it was scary, some of it was encouraging.  But this is our experience with it so far...only 5 days into it.  I have to admit tha...