Tonsillectomy

We left the house at 9:00a.m. yesterday and headed to Duke Raleigh Hospital. We checked in at 9:45 and was surprised at how quickly everything was taking. Then we hit a road block. The outpatient surgeries were backed up. My surgery that was scheduled for 11:45 ended up happening at 12:45. Not too bad of a wait except I kept having to use the little girls room because of all the fluids they had going in my IV. I was nervous but I know a lot of people were praying for me. Matt prayed with me in the waiting room then after a little cry I was fine. I wanted to ask if they had a teddy bear that I could hold, ha ha! But I thought I needed to suck it up! So I did. Next thing I remember is 2 nurses were up by my head "SCREAMING Cheri, wake up Cheri". They probably weren't screaming, but it felt like it. I was in a lot of pain at first and they kept letting me suck on ice chips. But after some more pain medicine and anti-nausea medicine I was good to go. (I threw up a lot when I got my wisdom teeth out, so they were giving me more nausea medicine.) We left the hospital around 4:00. I think. Everything is a bit blurry. I was pretty knocked out. Matt was being so great to me. Waking me up every 4 hours to take medicine and getting me water and some ice cream. I don't think we'll have to buy ice cream for a year because of everyone who brought some for me. Thank you so much! Matt even had a bowl full himself last night. I slept great in the night, just woke up on the dot for pain medicine. I had to ice my throat sometime around 5:30 because I could feel it getting more swollen and making it hard to breathe depending on what position I was lying in. So anyhow, things appear to be going pretty well right now. Keep praying for me, they say day 5 of your recovery is the worse. It has to get a bit worse before it gets better. I am blown away by people's kindness and love. Thank you.