I have been awake since 5:00 a.m. and I am mentally and physically exhausted. Despite this, I cannot sleep. So I thought to get on the Ra, browse some sites and make myself sleepy enough to actually go to sleep.

William had had a tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and bilateral myringotomy and tubes this morning. Would you believe that the actual procedure takes about 30 minutes to perform? Amazing… well what took longer this morning was that William’s body took to the morphine a little too well. After the surgery, William did not want to wake up. This went on for so long that Dr. S. decided to use a drug to wake William up. Surgery took about 30 minutes and recovery took over 3 hours. Within this 3 hour period, I panicked a great deal. The only thing that brought complete comfort was when the nurse brought William to me and placed him in my arms.

Tears of joy flowed down my cheeks as I gently squeezed William and told him how much I love him and was proud of him for being such a strong little man.

All of the above mentioned procedures are normally outpatient surgeries, but because William had difficultly breathing after the surgery, Dr. S. decided it would be best for him to stay overnight for observation.

So here I lay on the pull out couch next to JT and William in the hospital bed. As long as William continues to drink fluids and urinate in this strange plastic device… we will get to go home after breakfast in the morning.

As I continue to write this entry, I am getting more sleepy by the second. I will continue this story later.

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