I will survive...

We survived another Tonsil surgery and recovery!  Today is the first day Olivia hasn't wanted Tylenol in the morning with breakfast.  I am so glad my little one is back to her happy self!  I do have to say that this round was much easier than when Jack was recovering.  I still believe with all my heart that girls are MUCH more tough than boys.  It was a night and day difference waking up after anesthesia.  Olivia had a few tears fall but she never really cried out loud.  She was amazing.  I was so relieved everything went so smooth and I was so proud of her strength! 

She had tonsils, adenoids, ear tubes and allergy testing.  A whole 'blue plate special'.  And she hasn't had her follow-up hearing test yet, but I can already notice a HUGE difference in her hearing!  She had failed 2 hearing tests and her doctor told us her hearing was only at 50% in her right ear and almost no hearing in her left.  Her testing on her left ear showed a flat line.  Poor girl had her whole world sounding like she was under water.  She now has noticed lawn mowers in the distance, birds chirping in the morning, she covers her ears when we start the vacuum or blender and she says that Jack's voice gives her a headache now.  :)  

I'm hoping her testing comes back positive!  We go in for more testing in a week and a half.  This should also help with her speech as before it was a little hard to understand what she was saying (not to me, but to other people) as she tended to slur her words and didn't' really pronunciate. 

Yay for being done with Doctors (hopefully) for a while!  

Here she is getting ready to go to the O.R. for surgery!  She was so brave!

 Waking up.  Not quite sure what is going on at this point.  

We had her baby blanket (which she still loves) and her little stuffed friends there when she woke up.

 She fell in and out of sleep for about an hour or so.

 She was excited to open a new barbie after she was up.

We were headed home after a couple of short hours.  She was a trooper!

My good friend brought us a yummy dinner and dessert.  Olivia was excited to try the raspberry cheesecake that same night.  She said it felt good on her throat, nice and soft.

We snuggled up and watched plenty of Barbie movies. 

She was sent some fun gifts from family.  It helped her get thru taking her yucky meds.  Every time she took it she got to open a gift.  So THANK YOU EVERYONE!  Here she is with her new PJ's (matching set for her and her stuffed animal) and crowns.  She got a very cute personalized silver bracelet that she loves.  She also got a pink flashlight and it was handy during the night when she was up for meds.  She got a gift card to her favorite frozen yogurt place, that was a fun date.  People brought popsicles and sent cards.  Our favorite little neighbor friend brought her a little 'flower' every day.  It was adorable. We were so grateful for everyone's thoughtfulness.  

This week, she's back to her normal self, running and playing!