Tonsils and Adenoids.......Gone

On Monday Landon had to have his tonsils and adenoids removed. We always thought that him asking what did you say all the time was just him being stubborn. Apparently we are bad parents (with a bad pediatrician who never looked into it when we asked about it) but the kid really couldn't hear all that well. It all happened pretty quick too. We went to a new pediatrician who did an actual hearing test and thought that his tonsils and adenoids should be removed. They gave us the referral for an ENT and while I was waiting for the nurse I called them They said if you can be here in ten minutes we can get you in otherwise it will be Nov. before we can see you. So of course I ran out of there and made it to the ENT's office. They said yeah the tonsils and adenoids need to come out. We will call you to schedule. This was on a Tues. and Landon got them out on Mon. So it was not a fun week of Dr and Lab appointments but it is all done now.


So these are Landon's tonsils. Honestly Jared and I both think that this has to be some sort of bio hazard but they let Landon take his tonsils home. They were disgusting but he really wanted to show Ethan. He also kept asking if they could put them back in. I made sure to throw them away after he showed Ethan since I did not want to find those tonsils anywhere besides inside of that cup. They were pretty good size though. I am not totally sure what normal size is but the ENT thought they were most definitely large.

On a side note here was what happened to me while Landon was getting his labs done. Mackenzie had been to one too many Dr's offices that day and decided to show me by having a complete and total melt down. She was screaming so loud in the waiting room full of people of course that no one could hear their name being called. So when they opened the door to call peoples names I covered her mouth so everyone could hear and then proceeded to let her scream until the next name was called. Well this lady who was wobbling all over the place (apparently on some type of medication) comes over to me and says "As a member of the court I need your name address and phone number so I can report you" I said "For what?" She then tells me that it is illegal to cover a child's mouth and that she has to report me and for me to write down my info. I said" I am not giving you any of my information" Then the guy that was with her says "Stop it, now lets go" she says she is not leaving and that she will now have to call the cops on me. She asks the receptionist if she can use the phone and then tells her what for the receptionist says "Your gonna do what?" About 5 seconds later they call be back, draw Landon's blood and all that good stuff and we are headed out. All the while Mackenzie is still screaming her head off. The lady is still waiting when I get out and lets me know that the police are on their way for me. I told her to tell them we are sorry we missed them and left. Although I am pretty sure I wasn't doing anything illegal it did get me wondering if it really is against
the law to cover a child's mouth. Anyone know?

So after a really rough first day (I was hoping the Demerol and liquid Vicodin would last a bit longer) Landon is doing much better. He survived on pumpkin pie no crust and a little bit of jello. Weird kid I know. I was hoping also that this procedure might be my cure for the finger sucking. I did lie to my child and tell him that if he sucked his fingers the tonsils would grow back and he would have to have them taken out again, but as you can see it did not work. Hopefully Heavenly Father understands that I was trying to do some good for Landon by lying. I think it was a necessary evil I was doing but that is what I get for lying, nothing.