Day Six

Today was more of the same.  Can I just say again how nasty Sammy's breath is?  I cannot wait until we can brush his teeth again!  Hopefully we'll get the go-ahead on Tuesday, when we have our followup appointment with our ENT. 

Another normal day - started out in pain, and ended with a sleepless night.  I'm not sure if it is the pain meds, or if it is the constant "resting," but either way, Sammy doesn't fall asleep until around 11 pm each night.  It's terrible!  He is still sleeping in our bed (since Mama has to get up two times in the middle of the night for pain meds), but we've at least trained him to watch movies in our bed while we watch our DVR'ed shows in the living room.  But, I still wish he would GO TO SLEEP!

The mood today has been terrible - Sammy's very cranky.  I think that being in the house for the last six days is taking a toll on him.  Although, we did a few test runs today, and none went very well. 

First, we spent about thirty minutes in the car - dropping off Mike's car for an oil change, going to Kinko's for some copies, and then the drive-thru at Chik-Fil-A.  Sammy was crying from Kinko's on that he wanted to go home. 

Then, we let Sammy play in the backyard.  He was so excited - riding his bike around in circles, climbing the tree, watering his plants . . . and then, after he'd been outside for 20 minutes, his cheeks were flushed, he was exhausted, and he actually ran into the house and proclaimed he was tired, thereby spending the next half hour on the couch.  Oh, if this was a normal day in our house . . . he would have been out in the backyard for hours!

However, exhaustion or not, he is still difficult to tame throughout the day.  We got a wonderful reprieve this evening - my parents came over to watch both of the kids at 7 pm.  Mike and I had a date night at Alamo Drafthouse, and saw a hilarious (albeit embarrasing to admit we paid to watch this) movie - Hot Tub Time Machine.  It was wonderful to get out of the house with my awesome hubby - we enjoyed every second!

When we got back, Sammy was, of course, wide awake - we coaxed him back to bed with more pain meds, and eventually he fell asleep watching Tinkerbell . . . which appears to be his favorite movie.  Uh oh . . . How many more days until we're cleared for normal activity????