Is this the "rock bottom"?

Gosh, I hope so.

The instructions from discharge said:
"Pain starts off at a lower level for the first day or so. It then gets worse and hits 'rock bottom' over the next few days (days 4-6). It then levels off and gets better over the next few days (7-10)."


Sunday I thought we were on our way out of the most terrible of the tonsillectomy/ adenoidectomy recovery, but alas, no. The last 2 nights have been progressively worse and worse. Jack is up multiple times each night, not only because it is time for medication, and he is like clockwork for that, waking up at exactly the 6 hour mark for another ibuprofen dose, but also he is waking up just whining this siren-like noise and crying. (We switched to ibuprofen yesterday from the Tylenol because he had always responded better to that for relief before and we thought we were past the point of increased bleeding worry. Seriously considering doing the Rx Tylenol/codeine tonight, if we can get him to gag that down, he was refusing that when we stopped giving it on Friday).

Once he gets himself really upset, he begins to cough, which I am sure really hurts, so he cries even harder. It becomes a vicious cycle. It takes a long time for us to console him, get him to take the meds, and calm back down to go to sleep. And we try to keep poor Quent sleeping through all this, so sometimes Jack in our room which then for sure we are both up. This morning at 5:00 we finally bribed him into quiet with a DVD. Not one of my prouder moments, but tom and I were getting so frustrated we just needed to stop the crying. And sadly, it worked. He calmed right down, watched a few stories from the DVD and then I took him back to his bed and laid with him until he went to sleep.

During the day, he is somewhat better. He was on more of a normal schedule with eating and napping yesterday. He has times where he plays and dances and seems to be in an okay mood, but we still hit those walls where the siren-like noise comes out and he will do that for a long while. And God forbid if Quent touches him or tries to play with him, then it gets really bad.

I know he hurts, I know he is miserable at times and has no idea why this is going on, but I am so ready for this stage to end. For him and for the rest of us. Momma and Daddy are just really tired. Gotta go ...

I hear that siren calling.