Kael's Surgery

Well, Kaelin's adenoids and tonsils are GONE!!! It was definitely time. She always sounded stuffy, had issues with ear infections, then not being able to get the fluid to drain from her ears. She had 20% hearing loss for about 2 1/2 months after a battle with a nasty ear infection in December. Most importantly, she had sleep apnea. These were her symptoms:

• snoring - loud, squeaky, raspy
• nocturnal snorting, gasping, choking (may wake self up)
• restless sleep
• heavy irregular breathing
• sleeps with mouth open, causing a dry mouth upon awakening
• chest retraction during sleep in young children (chest pulls in)
• sleeps in strange positions
• unrefreshing sleep
• excessive daytime sleepiness
• excessive irritability
• change in personality
• difficulty concentrating
• Breathing stops for a few seconds at night during snoring or loud breathing (sleep apnea)

• Swollen lymph nodes (glands) in the neck
• Breathing through the mouth instead of the nose most of the time
• Nose sounds “blocked” when the person speaks
• Noisy breathing during the day
• Recurrent ear infections

We took her in on Thursday morning. She was very apprehensive, but after they gave her an oral medication (like xanax), she turned into jello. She started talking, actually slurring, and didn't have a care in the world. It was beyond comical. Randy and I were completely cracking up.

She's starting to get loopy here
Then turns into mush :)



Here are some videos. She'll probably be mad at us later in life for this, but wow it was funny :)

In this video, Kael was looking at a picture of Reece and then the picture went off the screen, that's why she's asking for him.



I don't remember what she was talking about, but SHE was the one being loud :)



She woke up really upset (from the anethesia), but in general did SO GREAT! She definitely started cheering up after they took the heart monitors and IV out. She was NOT impressed with them.

Right before she started waking up

My poor little Nushie
Notice my wet shirt (at the neck)? I almost passed out. Seeing her in pain, mixed with blood, not eating and low blood sugar...NOT GOOD. The nurse had to give me something to eat, drink and a wet towel for my neck. Totally embarrassing!!!! And here I was concerned that Randy might pass out. Nope, he was fine, but not me.Mr. Giraffe needed oxygen too!

She has bounced back really quickly. She still has some pain in her throat, but complains the most about a sore on the side of her mouth from the surgery. She was arguing with Reece and fighting with him yesterday, so obviously, she was feeling back to normal ;)

I can already tell a difference in her breathing. She doesn't snore anymore and her voice is different. She has a higher pitched voice and sounds more like a little girl, if that makes sense.