Tonsil update

The first two days went off without a hitch, yesterday however, a different story.
My throat was pretty sore in the a.m. but the 6 a.m. meds helped. I napped off and on for about 2 and a half hours, when I would up all hell broke loose. I initially noticed that my ears felt like there were ice picks sticking in them. Which was bad enough, when I tried to take a drink, I could not swallow so I choked a bit and water came out my mouth. Coughing with a raw throat is probably the worst pain in my life. There was no pain scale for this, luckily we planned to have mom here while Lauren worked. We called in and told them what was up and they wanted me to come in right away.
When I got to the hospital I was set up in the 'infusion' room, where they do chemo and blood transfusions, etc. The nurse that helped me out was great, she could tell something was up, she noticed right away that my ears where purple and my face was white. Not good. So she started an IV which helped with my thirsty feeling initially.
Them the Decadrone, steroid was put in for swelling and pain, but finally thank God for morphine. This helped the most, within two hours of being there I had two bags of fluid in me and I actually could talk and swallow ice water.
I have a fairly high pain tolerance, but don't let anyone fool you, having your tonsils out as an adult is everything bad that you hear about. But hopefully in the next 3-5 days I continue on the upswing. stay tuned for updates...maybe even a sweet look into my throat for all you strong stomached people!
love you all.