Tonsillectomy

Waiting to be called to surgery . . .

Ahn-Bao had the next step in his palate repair today when he had his tonsils and some adenoidal tissue surgically removed. This is necessary to make space for a later palate lengthening procedure. He is such a great patient and since this is his third surgery in 9 months, many of the nurses are remembering him, and most remember his book.

His ENT surgeon discovered that one of his ear tubes had become dislodged and he had suffered a tear in his eardrum. She "patched" the eardrum and she will look at it again in a few weeks and he'll have his hearing tested to see whether he has any new impairment.

Ahn-Bao was such a model patient. He was pretty owly and confused when he woke up in the recovery room, but once he got pain meds, he's been very mellow all day since then. We will stay overnight in the hospital tonight and will probably be home tomorrow late morning.

While Mom and Ahn-Bao were at Saint Marys Hospital (or as Ahn-Bao says, "May-Mare-Mee") early in the morning, Dad and Kia took Yasmin and Elias to school (a little late due to a late night of TaeKwonDo last night) and then Kia and Dad got donuts at Kwik Trip. Kia was very proud to say that she ate her donut, "IN THE VAN," a special treat.