DS (6 years, ASD, SPD) had his tonsils and adenoids removed Friday. We avoided it as long as possible (they've been talking about doing it for years) but we couldn't put it off any longer (he has obstructive sleep apnea, as well as many episodes of strep each year). He came out of the surgery on Friday doing great! He was talking, drinking fine, no complaints of pain at all. He was even joking with the nurses, saying he was stronger than they are 
Friday he did okay, drank, ate popsicles and fudgcicles and, with dp and I sitting on him, holding him down, took his pain meds. Saturday it went slightly worse. He wasn't drinking barely anything and he figured out how to spit out the pain meds even while we held him down, pinched his nose shut, etc. This led to a vicious cycle of he wouldn't take his pain meds so his throat hurt more so he stopped drinking etc. So yesterday afternoon we ended up taking him to the ER. We didn't have any choice, as we couldn't get any liquids in him or his pain meds. He was miserable 
They decided quickly that he needed to be admitted. So, here we are. He was on morphine yesterday afternoon and evening. He had a dose at 1am this morning and at 3am he woke up, shot straight up and grabbed for his cup of water! He downed that cup, and then another (which was funny timing because his nurse was just hooking up a bag of fluids because he hadn't drank anything). I told the nurse to give him the morphine at 5am and then when he woke up we would try and switch to tylenol suppositories (with the goal being his pain managed on tylenol suppositories and him drinking so we could go home). However, for whatever reason, she didn't give him the 5am dose! So when he woke at 8am it had been 7 hours since his last dose and he was in mega pain Then the idiots decided to try the tylenol suppository but then decided they didn't have any so they had to go somewhere else to get some. He finally got the tylenol suppository at 9. It did nothing to help the pain at all so I talked them into giving him more morphine at 10. He's in so much pain he won't even open his mouth. He won't drink anything. Popsicles he lets touch his lip and run down his chin. He won't even swallow his own spit. He just lets it build up in his mouth and then drool it out. The morphine has been upsetting his stomach too, causing him to vomit bile/acid, which is killing his throat. The doctor kept telling me we'll "wait and see" instead of giving him anything for the nausea! After he vomited at 2:00, screaming because it hurt so bad, I told the nurse she can either give him something for the nausea or I'd go to my bag of meds and give him the anti-nausea suppositories I had for him. She came back 5 minutes later with zofran. So he got zofran, more morphine and a small bag of fluids and passed out, wimpering because he was hurting
I guess the plan now is to keep him overnight, keep morphine every 4 hours (and zofran but I have to talk to them about when they will give it) and see how he does. If by morning his pain is more under control then he might be willing to drink. If he is, we'll switch him to the tylenol suppositories and see if his pain can be managed that way (and keep him drinking). If his pain can be managed with the tylenol suppositories and he'll drink then we might go home tomorrow night. If not.... who knows.
Friday he did okay, drank, ate popsicles and fudgcicles and, with dp and I sitting on him, holding him down, took his pain meds. Saturday it went slightly worse. He wasn't drinking barely anything and he figured out how to spit out the pain meds even while we held him down, pinched his nose shut, etc. This led to a vicious cycle of he wouldn't take his pain meds so his throat hurt more so he stopped drinking etc. So yesterday afternoon we ended up taking him to the ER. We didn't have any choice, as we couldn't get any liquids in him or his pain meds. He was miserable They decided quickly that he needed to be admitted. So, here we are. He was on morphine yesterday afternoon and evening. He had a dose at 1am this morning and at 3am he woke up, shot straight up and grabbed for his cup of water! He downed that cup, and then another (which was funny timing because his nurse was just hooking up a bag of fluids because he hadn't drank anything). I told the nurse to give him the morphine at 5am and then when he woke up we would try and switch to tylenol suppositories (with the goal being his pain managed on tylenol suppositories and him drinking so we could go home). However, for whatever reason, she didn't give him the 5am dose! So when he woke at 8am it had been 7 hours since his last dose and he was in mega pain
Then the idiots decided to try the tylenol suppository but then decided they didn't have any so they had to go somewhere else to get some. He finally got the tylenol suppository at 9. It did nothing to help the pain at all so I talked them into giving him more morphine at 10. He's in so much pain he won't even open his mouth. He won't drink anything. Popsicles he lets touch his lip and run down his chin. He won't even swallow his own spit. He just lets it build up in his mouth and then drool it out. The morphine has been upsetting his stomach too, causing him to vomit bile/acid, which is killing his throat. The doctor kept telling me we'll "wait and see" instead of giving him anything for the nausea! After he vomited at 2:00, screaming because it hurt so bad, I told the nurse she can either give him something for the nausea or I'd go to my bag of meds and give him the anti-nausea suppositories I had for him. She came back 5 minutes later with zofran. So he got zofran, more morphine and a small bag of fluids and passed out, wimpering because he was hurting I guess the plan now is to keep him overnight, keep morphine every 4 hours (and zofran but I have to talk to them about when they will give it) and see how he does. If by morning his pain is more under control then he might be willing to drink. If he is, we'll switch him to the tylenol suppositories and see if his pain can be managed that way (and keep him drinking). If his pain can be managed with the tylenol suppositories and he'll drink then we might go home tomorrow night. If not.... who knows.
We're hoping that when he wakes up he will drink a little. Crossing our fingers!
He got some more morphine and a tylenol suppository at a little before 10 this morning. We just got home about 1 1/2 hours ago and he's already drank some water and ate a donut (tiny bite at a time, followed by water) 
The morphine should be wearing off anytime now so we will continue the tylenol suppositories (325mg) every 4 hours around the clock and hope that helps enough with the pain that he continues to drink and progress 
