She knows

Maddy is getting really good at communication. She tells us when she's hungry - she will walk over to her chair and ask to get up. Sometimes, we will actually ask her if she wants food (with sign language) and she will nod and go to her chair.

If I tell her that someone is "home", she will immediately go to the garage door and wait patiently.

If I need to go potty, I ask her to go with me and she just goes. She's so funny about it too. She gets a fit of giggling when she's going with me.

Tonight I asked if she wanted to go to bed while I was holding her. She nodded her head yes. Sigh. So smart.

Tonsils out - Day six

Well, I've slept all day again. For some reason, I'm sleeping a ton. I'm guessing my body is just recovering still. Duh. The white patches are still there. My tongue, I've noticed, is covered in white stuff. Actually, it just stays covered in stuff that I ate. I thought it was the ice cream, but maybe it's not. Hmmm.

I also seem to be able to go a bit longer without pain meds. That doesn't mean too much. It still hurts. But during the day, I can go longer. Is that just because I'm sleeping?

Tonsils out - Day five

This sucks. Day five is just as bad as the fourth day. I'm not sure what it is. But for some reason between 2 or so and the early evening, I am in so much pain and discomfort that it's amazing. Hopefully tomorrow will get better.

White patches still there.

Tonsils out - Day four

So today was a tough day. I woke up feeling very rough. My throat was on fire and pulsing. I wasn't as bad as the day before because I basically stayed up all night drinking liquids. But I was so tired from staying up that it kicked my butt the other way. So there is no way to win basically. Stay hydrated, but need sleep. Hmmm. Hard thing to figure out.

So Jim took the girls to school today and my mom came up to sit with me. I basically slept all day. Every hour, my mom woke me up to drink and/or eat something. I was so drained from not sleeping that I actually missed my alarm a few times. Glad she was there or I might have missed my pain meds time. :)

I heated up dinner. Whoops. That kicked my butt. By the time Jim got home, I was sitting on the couch with an ice pack on my neck. I should have thought of that earlier in the day. It really helped.

I was hoping to put Reagan in bed, but my throat hurt too bad to read to her. Bummer. She was happy that I could snuggle with her. Me too.

Needless to say, Day Four was tough. Sleep helped. Lots of fluid. I

Tonsils out - Day four

So I started Friday, the 9th, as Day One. I'm not sure if that is right or not, but that is how I did it. Today, day four, is a tough one. It's not that I noticed too much different. I just couldn't get off the couch. I slept all day. My throat was more sore than normal. I just couldn't get comfortable.

Today, my mom stayed home with me while Jim went to work. She wanted me to sleep. So I kept the TV off an literally did that. I woke up around 2:00 pm and I was in so much pain that I couldn't stand it. Water didn't help much. It lasted until about 6:00 pm.

Jim got home iwth the kids and, for some reason, after the next dose of pain meds, I seemed to be okay. Just odd. I have a ton of white patches all over my throat. It's kinda gross, but I am anticipating that I will have a few rough days ahead. The doctor said Day three - five were tough. That is when the scabs come off.

Tonsils out - Day three Part 2

Today sucks big time. It was rough all day. Thank goodness the kids went to church. I was able to relax most the morning. I woke up with a horrible swollen feeling in my throat. It hurt to breathe, talk or swallow. Nice.

We had missed my meds by 30 minutes in the middle of the night, but really didn't think that it would effect me that much. Maybe it did. Anyway, I slept in Reagan's room and decided that was a bad idea. I was very conscience of not waking her up which meant I didn't wake up to drink water all night. I won't be doing that tonight at all.

I did make a few mistakes today. There is a reason why the doctor said to sit on my butt for a week. Yep. I did a little much today. I heated up dinner (not more than 5 minutes or so on my feet) and played with Maddy some. Mistake. It hit me like a baseball bat. I was knocked down so fast it made me dizzy. I just didn't get it. I've been down really ever since.

So lesson learned for tomorrow. Sit on my butt! :) Yea ha.

Tonsils out - Day three

It sucks!