Sarah had surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids yesterday morning. The surgery was “outpatient” and only took a half an hour or so. Coming out of anesthesia is never fun, but she didn’t panic, and after a nap at home, she was already walking around a bit. She was pretty nauseous much of the day yesterday, but seems to be better today. She doesn’t like taking her pain medication, especially in the middle of the night, but she’s otherwise recovering very well. She isn’t allowed to do much for the next two weeks, and she’s not allowed to eat anything that wouldn’t survive a blender, so things are going to continue to be frustrating for her, but she has been a very brave girl and we’re really proud of her.

The first thing that anyone says when they’ve heard about her surgery is something along the lines of “I didn’t think that they did that surgery very much any more.” It does seem to be a lot less common these days, but there were three other kids having the exact same surgery that morning, so it can’t be completely uncommon. Sarah had the surgery to hopefully eliminate her chronic sinusitis, which is related to her allergies, but was apparently exacerbated by her tonsils and adenoids. We’re very happy that the surgery went well, and we pray that it will have the desired effect.