Wyatt's Surgery

The first week of September Wyatt had to go in for surgery. After consulting an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist it was determined that he needed tubes and his adenoids out. It is a very standard surgery, they do it about 10 times a day, but it is none the less heart-wrenching when it is your kid.

Well we were prepared for the worst - and got the best case scenario! Wyatt went into surgery at 9:00 am and they called me to come back at 9:25 am. A total of 25 minutes! The dr. said the tubes were in place, no problems, and his adenoids were HUGE so it was a good thing to get those out. We suspect a lot of his sleeping issues were tied to the fact that he was breathing through his mouth due to the obstruction of the adenoids so he could never really fall into a deep sleep.

We got home around 11:00 and Wyatt was hungry! Around Noon he ate an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a huge thing of applesauce. Through the course of the day he totally worked the "I need a popsicle" thing and probably had 6 popsicles, but that is OK! I think we gave him Tylenol once in the afternoon...but other than that nothing. By 4:00 pm he was outside playing with his sister in the backyard. They said he would recover fairly quickly, but I thought maybe we would have a 24 hour period where he would lay low.....?

Nope. Not Wyatt. That kid is 100 miles an hour from the minute he wakes up until the minute he falls asleep.

Anyway - he is totally fine. And sleeping great by the way! Thank you to all that called and reached out. Our little man is back to his normal self. And I might add = the Goodrich household is now almost 30 days of sick free kids. I love it!!

The question in Mommy's mind now is: to Flu Shot or not to Flu Shot?