Last Friday, the 9th July to be precise Jake went to Lewisham hospital to have his grommets and adenoids taken out. We arrived at 7.30am. There were already some other parents there with their little ones. It soon became obvious that Jake was the eldest one there. There other children ranged from two to three years old.
The policy at the Children’s Ward is that the youngest children go in first. Consequently we had to wait until midday before it was Jakes turn. This was a little worrying because the children were crying and getting upset when they were having their ‘magic cream’ put on. One little girl came back from surgery in floods of tears and one little boy went into meltdown while having the ‘magic drinking straw’ put in. Jake was a trooper however and tried not to let this faze him.
We spent the time playing Lego Star Wars on the PS2 and watching ‘Stoppit and Tidyup’. When we got the call, Jake changed into his gown and lay on the bed. It was very upsetting seeing his little frame lying there. A porter came and we proceeded to the second floor where we were taken to the room where Jake was given his General Anaesthetic. He was very brave and calm. When the white anaesthesia fluid was being injected he was obviously in discomfort so it was a blessed relief to see him quickly go under within a few seconds.
After we gave him a kiss, we went to grab a bite to eat at the cafe. As we were finishing the nurse came in and said the surgeon needed a word. She said not to worry there was nothing wrong. We quickly were ushered back to the surgical ward. The surgeon appeared dressed in her scrubs. She explained that Jake’s tonsils were enlarged and infected and needed to come out. The adenoids were in her opinion fine. We agreed to this as we both knew his tonsils were huge.
I had to go home to collect lady M so waited eagerly by the phone for the call to say he had come out of surgery. Amy phoned at around 1pm. Jake was fine but sleeping and everything was a success. What a relief!
It has now been five days since his operation. Jake’s voice has raised in pitch which was very strange to being with but we are getting used to it now. He has been prescribed pain killers and antibiotics which have been working fine. A few times he has woken early in the morning with terrible earache but this is to be expected according to our post operative information sheet. The recovery is expected to take two weeks so really it is early days yet. Well done Jake you are a star and we love you very much. So proud of my little boy :-).