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KP has been recovering nicely from his tonsillectomy. Today is his last day for antibiotics, he stopped his steroids yesterday, and he's been pretty much off of his pain medication since last week except at night.



One of his pain meds was a sucker that numbed his throat, and he just sucks on it for about 15 seconds every four hours. We usually just give it to him at night so that he can sleep well. The cute thing is that we put it in his mouth and count, "one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand" and so on, and at "fifteen-one-thousand" he pulls it out of his mouth and hands it to you. So adorable.



His first few days post-op were pretty rough, not because he was in so much pain, but because he wanted to go play outside and eat solid foods, and climb all over everything, but he couldn't per doctors orders. This is a better place to be than where we were after his last surgery where he just wasn't feeling up to doing anything.



Anyhow, all seems to be well with him now. He coughs more than he used to, and drools way more (I know, I didn't think it was possible either). The only drawback is that he picked up some bad nightime habits while he was in the hospital, so we're hoping that our trip to see Bachan will reset his time clock enough so that he will go back to being our perfect little sleeper.



We went out to Fort Worth to see the craniofacial specialist yesterday morning, and while we're not too fond of him, he does know what he's doing, so I guess I'll just have to deal with him while we get through this. He did confirm that KP has a submucous cleft palate. At this point we are just going to wait and see how his speech is (once he starts speaking) to see if we need to do anything about it. There is a chance that we will not need to do anything and that he will learn to work around this little roadblock as well. The good news is that if we do have to do surgery, it will only be to repair the soft palate so it will not be as extensive. We will be going back to the specialist again in March so that he can evaluate how KP is progressing.



On a lighter note, we are hoping to go see a certain someone and his reindeer this weekend, so I should have some cute pictures to post. We are also going to be off of work for the next two weeks for the holidays, so we have lots of fun planned.



We may also be going to the Arboretum this week so that we use our tickets before they expire. Plus, they have a nutcracker exhibit and a misteltoe arch! :)



On Wednesday, we're getting together at MeeMaw's with Grandad Lynn, Grandma Sheri and Uncle Logan.



Then it's off to church and then home to set out some goodies, let the Christmas bear read The Night Before Christmas, and go to bed. :)



Thursday is Christmas with Mimi Candy and Grandpa Mike. :) Who knows what kind of trouble we'll get into. We're thinking of going to the ice exhibit in Grand Prairie, or attempt an early movie, but we're up for anything and in search of Christmas adventure. :)



Friday we will clean and pack, and then it is off to Bachans on Saturday morning where we will get to see lots and lots of people and stuff ourselves silly on great food. :)



I hope that everyone has a happy, safe holiday with all of their families and friends!



xoxo

Margot