Can't keep a good man down

Yesterday my little buddy went in to have his tonsils and adenoids out.

Micah has had crazy large tonsils. This summer he had a sleep study done which showed that he had severely obstructive sleep apnea. This child snores louder than a grown man, tosses all night and apparently his oxygen was dropping to 85.

So yesterday was his surgery to have it all removed. The doctor told Jake after surgery that his tonsils were blocking 50% and his adenoids 60%. Poor kid!

I was able to visit him for a couple hours post-op, but because Micah is such a daddy's boy, Jake stayed with him the whole time. I ran the kids to and from school, praying all the way... and my sweet friend brought us dinner because my brain couldn't think about anything but my baby boy in the hospital.

Micah did pretty good yesterday, he slept off most of it. His heart rate and oxygen were both a little low, but nothing too concerning. He stayed overnight because that's pretty much standard for kids with Down Syndrome. But Jake said that since he slept all day he was up a lot last night.

Now, if you know Micah, he is very independent. He doesn't like things to be done for him, he wants to be treated like any 10 year old (going on 30). The nurse came in early, early this morning and told Jake that they were going to start getting him ready to go including removing his IV, etc. After she left, Jake dozed off. When she came back, Micah had quietly removed the big hard sleeve that covers his cords, removed the IVs, laid them all out neatly on the bed and was covered up laying down again. Ha!! She told him, "Buddy, next time you have to let me do it!" Then Jake went into the restroom to clean up and get dressed and when he came out, Micah had gotten himself dressed down to his socks and shoes. Sweet guy was ready to go home!

I was so happy to have my boys home. I made them some breakfast and turned on a movie for Micah. Then I left them to run and get Micah's prescription. When I got home, Jake was upstairs getting ready for work and Micah was in the kitchen-- unloading the dishwasher. "Dude! You don't have to do that! Go lay down buddy!" I said. He shook his head "no," and waved me off to the other room while he finished.

He's going to be on some heavy duty meds at least until Thursday. I think my biggest challenges are going to be keeping him hydrated and keeping him from overdoing it!

Next up, Abby Grace at the end of September! But I have a feeling my little diva princess will be on the couch milking it for as long as she can.  ♥