Jared Update

Well, it has been 2 weeks, and Jared will be going back to school tomorrow after a long recovery from having his tonsils out. He was a trooper! He recovered without taking his pain meds, as he was having weird reactions to them and he could tell they mad him feel different....so, he made it through the pain without pain meds. What a kid! Last weekend, December 6-10 were probably the hardest days of them all. He had a really bad stiff neck (apparantly this is due to having his aednoids out....they are close to nerve endings, so as swelling happens, it causes a stiff neck)....anyway, it made for uncomfortable sleeping....the picture above is how we would try to get him to sleep at night....propped up by pillows, blankets, stuffed animals, but in the end, he and us were up most of the nights for a few nights. Then, Monday, Dec 10, as his neck was finally done bothering him, he woke up around 11:00 with his mouth bleeding....we were warned that might happen as the scabs were healing up, they may fall off....by Tuesday Morning he was up, and eating a little more each day, and he is back to his normal self now( still unsure about eating....he is sure everything will make him gag, so we need to get that out of his head!)......Tuesday, Dec 11, as I was putting him to bed, he said, "Last night after my mouth was bleeding, I asked Heavenly Father and Jesus if they could help me get better from my surgery. And, they told me in my head that I would get better!!!" He said it wasn't like he was praying....he was just saying it in his head, and they told him in his head....well, it was that next day that was his turn around day!!! We love this kid!!!