Thirteen things that rock about having your tonsils out

Today’s Thursday Thirteen is inspired by my special little guy, Cody. Today he had his tonsils and adenoids out. We expected him to be sore and cranky when he fully awoke after the surgery. Instead he asked for a glass of water and a Popsicle, both of which he downed both in record time.

Upon arriving home he promptly ate four Popsicles in a 2 hour period, then claimed, and I quote, “Having your tonsils out rocks!”. It’s snowing outside and he is ready to go play in it. However, since he’s supposed to take it easy today, he’s settling for playing Star Wars Legos II (his most favorite game EVER!).

Without further ado, here’s 13 things that rock about getting your tonsils out, according to a six year old (with a few rockin’ things thrown in from mom and dad):

1. Popsicles - when you can have as many as you want, this really ROCKS!
2. Ice cream. Though today he doesn’t get to have dairy products, the promise of all the ice cream he wants tomorrow is almost like Christmas! Cody wants to send out a warning about this: “too much ice cream gives you brain freeze.“
3. Cuteness overload. This boy of ours is amazing. He did not shed a single tear nor did he complain… at all. Not ONCE! Instead he charmed the nurses and made our hearts melt no less than 457 times. He’s just freakin’ CUTE!
4. A full all-you-can-eat jello buffet. I mean, having every flavor and getting to eat as much as you want, IS pretty darn rockin’.
5. Getting to play Star Wars Legos 2 with your dad. That rocks all the time, but getting to play after you had your tonsils out is pretty rockin’ too!
6. Getting to play on Dad’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) as much as you want.
7. Attention. When you’re the youngest of a large family, you learn how to command much attention, but he doesn’t even have to work for it today. It’s all about him.
8. Pudding. Who doesn’t want to eat lots of and lots of pudding?
9. Free slipper socks from the hospital. Here’s Cody checking out his new slipper socks
10. Getting “gwubs”. This is what Cody calls “gloves”. He absolutely cannot leave a doctor’s office without scoring a pair of their fascinating blue or purple rubber gloves.
11. Snuggle time with Mom and Dad. He gets this whenever he wants but there’s extras today.
12. Brothers and sisters being extra nice to you. That’s ALWAYS a plus.
13. Ice cream. This one is worthy of mentioning twice. It’s his favorite topic of the day!

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