After having glandula fever when she was 16, Bri has suffered from swollen glands and gets run down very easily. She’s never really been plagued with tonsillitis as such but her tonsils are huge. That’s her tonsils either side of her uvula. See that white thing in the left tonsil? That is a tonsil stone. Gross!
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So Monday, she had a tonsillectomy. Here she gowned up, ready to go to theatre...
So Monday, she had a tonsillectomy. Here she gowned up, ready to go to theatre...
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She was gone about 2 hours, although the surgery only takes about 15 minutes, the rest is spent in recovery. I went and had a coffee and sat and read a magazine for the first hour. Then I went up to her room where she’d come back to. It was a little spartan but at least it was a private room.
She was gone about 2 hours, although the surgery only takes about 15 minutes, the rest is spent in recovery. I went and had a coffee and sat and read a magazine for the first hour. Then I went up to her room where she’d come back to. It was a little spartan but at least it was a private room.
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Here she is! I was surprised that she could talk quite normally...
Here she is! I was surprised that she could talk quite normally...
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She had an overnight stay then I picked her up at 0930 Tuesday morning.
She had an overnight stay then I picked her up at 0930 Tuesday morning.
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Here’s an after pic - see those white bits down the back? That’s where her tonsils used to be. The white stuff is called slough (pronounced sluff) and is part of the healing process.
Here’s an after pic - see those white bits down the back? That’s where her tonsils used to be. The white stuff is called slough (pronounced sluff) and is part of the healing process.
Today is Day 4 post op and she’s finding it pretty sore and can expect to get worse on days 5-7. She has lots of pain and anti-inflammatory meds to take. Hopefully, there will be no complications.
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She has been eating jelly and ice cream, icypoles, mac n cheese and crumpets and sleeps fairly well at night.
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Cheers - Joolz xx
Glad she is doing okay, Joolz. I had mine out in the doctor's surgery back in the 1950s :-) I think the hospital operating theatre in our small town was being painted or something like that at the time. I went straight home in the Ambulance and was treated to ice cream for every meal. Now I believe patients are given dry toast but that might be a furphy.
ReplyDeleteOMG, Chel! Lucky you survived! Yes, Bri had toast the next morning, but she’s been on fairly soft foods since. Mac n cheese, crumpets, plenty of jelly and ice cream and Zooper Dooper icypoles and a cocktail of Endone, Ttamadol and Panadol.
DeleteToday is Day 5 and I think it might be a loooong day!
Ouch! Hope she's feeling better soon.
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