Well, Landon had his tonsils removed on Thursday morning. He did great. Dr. Quinlan said that they were quite large and he was glad that we took them out. He had mentioned to me about doing some sleep studies to see how Landon does after he is healed. I'm kind of anxious to see what will happen. We've waited for this stage for almost 4 years now. It's crazy that it's almost here.
It also makes me nervous. Landon's lip and tongue have a tendency to swell slightly when he gets sick. In anyone else it may not be that big of a deal, but for Landon with his throat and mouth already in a compromised state it could make getting a cold into a pretty big ordeal. Dr. Quinlan is also wondering the same thing. Landon's condition is so individualized that it's hard to know exactly what will happen. Dr. Quinlan just wants to make sure that Landon has a large enough airway for breathing and also, if need be, to be able to intubate him (or stick a tube down his throat) in case of an emergency. Hopefully we won't have to worry about that.
So, the tonsils came out just fine. Dr. Quinlan wanted to keep Landon overnight in the hospital in case of excessive bleeding, but he did great with that. He was on oxygen during the night because he couldn't keep the oxygen levels in his blood up. The doctors were looking for him to stay in the 90% range, but there were a couple of times he dipped in to the high 80s. Not anything too drastic. Once we figured out that it was the heavy narcotics he was on for the pain, he was able to be off the oxygen. It was not fun telling a three year old he couldn't get out of bed....no fun. The poor thing didn't understand and I think he thought we were punishing him. I felt horrible and was doing all I could to make things move along as quickly as possible.
On Friday, they ordered a chest x-ray to make sure nothing too serious was going on because Landon started to develop a fever. They found a little spot in his right lung that they were concerned about. They said that it could've been something left over from anesthesia or it could be the start of pneumonia. So, just in case, they wanted to keep him another night and they started him on an IV antibiotic to try and get ahead of it in case he was getting sick. Braydon said his fever broke in the middle of the night after a dose of the antibiotic and he got some rest. After seeing the hospital doctor on Saturday, we were able to go home.
Now Landon is playing somewhat normally. He's still a little tired cause he hasn't been sleeping well, but hopefully that will get better. He hasn't wanted to eat anything even though he's tried to. He starts to cry cause it hurts to swallow and gives up. I don't blame him. Keep my little man in your thoughts for a speedy recovery.
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