He started out the day fine but very quiet. He ate, said he was not in pain, but also really not speaking. He had a slight temperature of 99.4 in the morning but the nurse said it isn't unusual to run a fever afterwards and they're only concerned if it gets over 102. Sort of wondered if this was the beginning of the scabs falling off stage, which they said could happen between days 4 and 8.
We tried going out to Red Robin (his favorite!) for dinner thinking that some soft macaroni and cheese might be just what he needed to get something other than ice cream and pudding in his system. He ate about half of his mac n cheese (which he normally gets refills on) and then started to cry that his throat hurt. That was the first time I've seen him actually cry since surgery and that should have been foreshadowing of what was yet to to come during the night.
Hard to get him to bed this night... he was stacking his pillows and rearranging his stuffed animals for at least an hour. Still happy and in good spirits but barely speaking. He finally fell asleep around 11:00 p.m. Woke up him at 1:00 a.m. for that dose and had planned to skip the 4:00 a.m. in an effort to get everyone some more sleep. Unfortunately, he woke up at 3:15 a.m. in extreme pain. Crying hard that his throat hurt and could barely swallow water. Gave him some of the oxycodone and watched him writhe in pain for 10 minutes until it finally kicked in. Really hoping this is the scab falling off issue that the nurse warned us of and hoping that it really only lasts 24 hours like she promised. So hard to watch your child in pain.
We tried going out to Red Robin (his favorite!) for dinner thinking that some soft macaroni and cheese might be just what he needed to get something other than ice cream and pudding in his system. He ate about half of his mac n cheese (which he normally gets refills on) and then started to cry that his throat hurt. That was the first time I've seen him actually cry since surgery and that should have been foreshadowing of what was yet to to come during the night.
Hard to get him to bed this night... he was stacking his pillows and rearranging his stuffed animals for at least an hour. Still happy and in good spirits but barely speaking. He finally fell asleep around 11:00 p.m. Woke up him at 1:00 a.m. for that dose and had planned to skip the 4:00 a.m. in an effort to get everyone some more sleep. Unfortunately, he woke up at 3:15 a.m. in extreme pain. Crying hard that his throat hurt and could barely swallow water. Gave him some of the oxycodone and watched him writhe in pain for 10 minutes until it finally kicked in. Really hoping this is the scab falling off issue that the nurse warned us of and hoping that it really only lasts 24 hours like she promised. So hard to watch your child in pain.
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