Ups and Downs

Thanks for coming Grandma Hunsaker!!

So Avery may have been plying like normal later the same day as surgery, but that doesn't mean it's been peachy keen non-stop from them. Never underestimate the power of drugs! We've been on a very clear 4 hour cycle of ups and downs related to the pain meds. I think we're finally over the accompanying fever as of last night, but that had been making the "downs" worse with some serious lethargy and general yuckiness. Even when the meds are kicked in and he plays like normal, we've found that he's still just not quite right. He's definitly more on edge and closer to meltdowns and so forth.
Sunday was 3 days post-op, so I was hoping this morning would mean we could move on from the drugs or switch to Tylenol, but you know that won't work when the poor kid is moaning from pain before he even fully wakes up...
So hopefully we can get past that soon...

Oh, and I don't think I ever mentioned one of the temporary side effects of this surgery... Avery has the nastiest breath you've ever smelled! It permeates. You can catch whiffs of it from across the room. Sitting with him is torturous especially since he's been breathing through his mouth! And he will have this for a couple weeks! I'll still take torturous stink-breath sitting nicely with me over frustrated fits tho...