Both boys needed tonsillectomies, so we decided to schedule them on the same day so they could recover together. We went in at 7:30am on Friday, October 4. They got all gowned up and rested in bed for an hour before the nurses wheeled them back into the operating room. Cooper went first. He came out of surgery crying while Parker came out pretty groggy, but asking to eat some food. They weren't allowed to eat prior and by late morning, Parker was starving. The nurses gave Coop some pain meds which calmed him down and he fell asleep. Parker ate 3 cups of chocolate ice cream, a bowl of chicken noodle soup, 2 orange smoothies, and down 2 glasses of apple juice. Cooper woke up nauseous and threw up 3 times. He did not come out of anesthesia as well as Parker. We were finally able to leave the hospital around 4pm. Both boys slept a lot for the next few days and missed a week of school. Nana was able to come visit and help for the week while mom worked and dad went to school. This was both of their first major surgery and first time being under anesthesia. We now know that Coop can't handle it as well as Parker.
