The babes had a good sleep so we had two happy campers this morning. We all headed to the dentist for Paddy to have his checkup. I was dreading this because brushing teeth has been a nightmare here for so long. However, he was AMAZING!! he let the dentist touch his teeth while he laid back in the chair and didn’t shed a tear. I am feeling so proud of him. Six months ago he wouldn’t let anyone even close to his mouth without completely freaking out. Nick and I have been so persistent with us brushing his teeth and speaking about him important it is so I think all of our hard work has paid off. Afterwards we got a hash brown as a treat and headed home.
Once we got home my bestie Nicole came over with all of her hairdressing tools because Paddy has been refusing haircuts from the barber. He is suddenly scared of the clipper sound so has been getting really upset. He told Nicole on the phone the other week that she can cut his hair so she came and tried and… he let her do it!! What a morning for Paddy, kicking absolute goals. I honestly am so proud of him, I could cry. He really faced his fears today. The day as a whole was great. Then it was time to leave for my ENT appointment…
I arrived and the doctor called me in. I explained what has been happening so he told me to sit on the chair so he could take a look in my mouth. He told me my tonsil was in fact inflamed. He then told me to sit down and broke the news that his way of treating this tonsillitis I have been getting constantly for 6 months is to take my tonsils out as antibiotics will no longer work. WHAAAAT. He said it’s a 2 week recovery time, I will need full time help with the kids. Whaaaaaaaaatttt the faaaaaarrrrrrkkkk! Omgggggg…. Nick is so busy. How am I even going to tell him this. He is so stressed with work now he has to become the default parent. I feel so terrible. But I can’t live in this pain anymore. I also am running out of time because we go away on December and the recovery could take longer as well so I have to get them done as soon as I can. I walked in to tell him the news and I could see his face go into instant panic. He even said I can’t get it done at first, but then realised I actually have to because if I don’t I remain sick. He asked me to stop talking about it and said we will chat about it tomorrow. Thank god because I’m exhausted.
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Tara sometimes these things need to be done. Could you get your mum or someone to help
Nick with the kids? You need to recover it’s so important. And your blessed to have Nick honestly there’s single parents out there I don’t know how they cope. You got this x your going to ace through the surgery and I am praying for quick recovery also x I am so relieved to hear that the specialist actually just cut to the chase and told you straight you need surgery . It will work out you will see you just hang in there x nicks amazing he will be ok you just need to find some extra help like the nanny maybe an extra day, daycare you can increase that if you need too also they let you for times like this, and any friends and family that can help x I love reading your blogs keep them up x your amazing and doing such a great job x