Jen's Tonsils - or lack there of

On August 21, Jennifer and I drove to the Memorial Hospital to finally have her tonsils removed by Dr. Daniela Filipone. Those of you who know the family - know that Jen struggled with tonsilitis most of last year - she missed school, band practices, karate practices, and lots of other friend and family stuff. When we went to see the surgeon the first time, Jen hadn't had enough infections yet! We went back in three months - she now had had the correct number of infections in the correct amount of time - yeah! In fact, the doctor said, "I suppose this is affecting your quality of life." As Jen and I thought, isn't that what we tried to tell you three months ago!
Anyhow, we arrived at the hospital at 9:15am and left about 12 hours later. Why, you might ask? Well - all day surgery patients must arrive 3hrs ahead of time to get the paperwork and other stuff done, then the surgery occurs, then about an hour in recovery, and then because of the anesthetic, the doctor wants her patients to stay in the hospital for about another 4hrs. Thankfully, Jen and I came prepared - books, sudokus, and coloring pages! plus she slept a lot of the time!
The actual surgery took about 15 minutes of the entire day!
The recovery takes about three weeks! Jen did really well during the surgery and recovered nicely, but she couldn't believe how painful it was! She claims she'd rather go through appendicitis and the appendix surgery again than go through a tonsilectomy again. She was on serious pain meds (codeine) for almost a week - and she was quiet, very quiet. In fact, I couldn't believe how quiet the house was with her not speaking.
Instead of talking, she wrote notes - in tiny, little letters - in short form - and filled up pages of paper - I mean "filled" pages with her tiny little notes. She even got Meghan to make phone calls for her. Jen writing notes that Meghan spoke to whoever was on the phone!
Eating was another problem! For six days, she drank water and Powerade and iced tea. She ate popsicles, ice cream, and jell-o. Thankfully, she is now eating regular food again, but it will take awhile for her to regain her strength and the weight that she lost.