Tonsils!!

Well, it has been yet another busy week around here. Ryker got his tonsils out on Tuesday, they did a great job. They showed us his tonsils, man they were huge. The doctor said you think these are huge, you should have seen the adenoids. We stayed at the clinic to have them keep an eye on Ryker for a few hours. We came home, and he ate bread sticks, pudding, Popsicles, and lots of drinks. Then Mike and Hailey left to go and look at bikes, and that's when everything happened......
Ryker took a drink and had a little bite of bread stick, I was going to put him down for a nap, well, he wanted to take a nap out in the front room watching Hockey, and began to throw a fit, so I let him settle down, but he wasn't settling down, he was turning gray-blue, and his eyes were rolling back in his head, and his arms were stiff as well as his neck. I rushed outside, holding Ryker and freaking out, to see if Mike was still here, because he was the one who always has saved Ryker in the past. He was gone, and so was my baby. I was holding him, screaming, please help me, somebody help me, please, trying to save Ryker, by putting him over my knee, and hoping to hear him cry, breath, gasp something. Grandpa came out, and got me inside, asked if he was breathing, and I said No,we put him over the couch end and finally Ryker was back with us crying. I was so frightened. Many neighbors came to see what the crazy woman screaming was all about, and they were pleased to know that everything was okay. I thought he had choked on his bread stick bite. I called Mike and told him what had happened. He asked if he needed to rush home, I wanted him too, but I said no. I knew it was important to Hailey to be with Daddy.
Well I got him down for a nap watching Hockey, and then he woke up. Mike was home and so was Hailey at this point. Some friends were over so Ryker and I went outside to say hello. Hailey wanted her plasma bike, so I went and got it out for her, and that is when it happened again, Ryker was throwing a fit, and I handed him to Mike. Well Mike was like, where's his eyes, he turned blue and gray again, then he came back, I was in panic and then he did it again. So this was the third time, this time no food in his mouth. We called the clinic, Heidi who was over took Hailey and bathed her, and made her feel safe. We continued to put drinks and pudding down Ryker. Then I went and got Hailey, who really wanted to stay with fun Heidi.(thank you so much)
We contacted the doctor and he said to bring him back up to the clinic to test oxygen levels. The nurse said to eat if everything seemed okay. So we ate, well, I shoveled food in my mouth and Haileys' and was ready to roll out. Mike was not quite done, and our other neighbor came over with her oxygen machine and tested Ryker for us. His numbers were perfect. We said goodbye to them and then it happened again. Ryker went in the other room to find goggles, and got frustrated, and was laying on the ground gasping for air and crying. We thought did he just do it again? We rushed over to the neighbors with the machine, and got another reading, still great numbers...what the heck?
I rushed in like mamma bear, and ordered we go now, that this is not normal and it is not okay.
We went up, they monitored and everything was fine, Ryker ate a few more Popsicles, and was told we could stay the night for free. They told me he was holding his breath to the point of passing out...and if he does it again, just blow air into his mouth...oh, is that all? That is so much easier said than done, I was so stressed out, and scared. They related him to a computer, that when the computer shuts down it needs to rebut, and they said he can't hold his breath for very long. I was like can he die, and they said, I can't say no, but it is unlikely. I asked the nurse what she would do if this was her child, and she said I would take him home and sleep by him.
We thought about it and we decided to come home and give him a blessing. I slept by him, and he did great. He needed medicine, and I was there to give it to him, along with drinks.
The next days have all been a blur....very moody Ryker, who doesn't want to eat or drink, we have to take hockey time outs to drink.....sleep deprived, moody Mike, sleep deprived, moody and stressed out me....and Hailey just wants to play with everyone on our block!
I hope this is on the mends. These days have been some hard ones, but we are so grateful that our Ryker is here with us. I told him, that it is not his time to go. We have not had any episodes since, and we are glad. No more snoring, sleep apnea, and he does not breath like Darth Vader. It is weird not to hear him, and knowing that it is all because of the lack of tonsils.
Running update:
I ran 12 on Saturday and biked 6. Hopefully this is okay. A little bit of cross training never hurts right? I had the worst running day of my life, seriously, Mike had to come get me after 6, and I did 6 at home. Really? I was so mad at myself, actually very angry. My body won that fight, I just kept thinking you can do this, you need to do this, and I just couldn't....failure, in my mind, failure.
Tomorrow we will post pictures of Ryker and Hailey. Ryker has taken Haileys' baby crib, and flipped it on its' side and shoots balls in it, it is his Hockey net! What a smart little boy, and he is good with his aim. Hailey got a new bike, with training wheels, and she loves it. My kids are growing up, and I absolutely love them. They are so nice and funny. I am so grateful that I am their mommy.