Bye Bye Tonsils!

Just look at that throat. It doesn't show his left tonsil very well, but you can imagine. He had millimeters to swallow food.

On January 27th, Eli got his tonsils out. When we had our pre-op appointment the doctor felt like it would be best for him since he wasn't ever really rested and snored terribly. He said that he HAD seen larger tonsils, but not many. 

Waiting for surgery. (Brent is such a great Daddy)

Eli was very brave, but when we were driving to Hutch for surgery he was asking a lot of questions. After we had answered them he said, with tears in his eyes, "I'm not sure I'm going to like that." At that point, dad had to take over, because mom was pretty emotional. 

Post-op

His catch phrase for the nurses and Grandma Wertenberger the night before was "Oh, now I've heard everything!" He used it when he didn't know what else to say. It was pretty funny. 

I am so thankful this is behind us now. It was not an easy 2 weeks. Day 4 was our worst, by far, but it took the full 2 weeks for him to recover. They did take his tonsils and adenoids. Now he has more energy than he ever has and is sleeping so much more soundly.