Ouch!

Well, now that I am nearing 4 days-post tonsillectomy, I can honestly say that all of the rumors are true...it hurts as bad as everyone said it would. I was a little caught off guard since right after the surgery I felt pretty good. As I flipped through a magazine and nibbled popsicles in the recovery room I thought to myself, "Hmm, I must have a pretty high pain tolerance" Even after we got home from the hospital I chatted with my sister, who agreed that I handled things very well and that this recovery was going to be a piece of cake. Maybe I would use my time off to do a little Christmas shopping... Heh, heh. It wasn't until about midnight when the searing, razor-blades-in-the-back-of-my-throat pain started, that it occurred to me that my anesthesia had not fully worn off. What a nasty trick. Thank God for the liquid hydrocodone (happy juice) but it really only deadens the pain for 2 hours and is supposed to be taken every 4 hours....so here I am, like a junkie, counting down the hours until my next hit. In the meantime, here are a few pictures I am late in posting from over the holiday. I just love the one posted above of Alina blissfully absorbing all the attention being lavished upon her!

I can handle this, mom
Aunt Laura singing "Deep and Wide"
Nini said "grandma" (gama) for the first time and the entire room erupted in applause. As you can imagine, she said the word several MORE times over the course of the day and even now, will clap for herself when she says it :)
Meagan and daddy getting a little tickle time