The Batterson family is breathing a sigh of relief. After years of marveling at the enormity of Josiah’s tonsils, and listening to him snore like an old man, we finally had his tonsils and adnoids removed this morning. It was a tough decision, but we felt like it was in his best long-term interest.

Unfortunately, Josiah doesn’t exactly have a high threshold for pain and he definitely doesn’t like doctors. But we’re thanking God for sedatives Josiah was absolutely hilarious. He was punch drunk. Lora and I could hardly contain the laughter. He was making faces and saying things that were so cute they shouldn’t be legal.

I went into the operating room with Josiah while they gave him the anesthesia. It was a little unnerving. I’ve had half a dozen surgeries, but it’s more difficult being on the parent end of the equation.

Josiah made it through surgery with flying colors. And he was pretty funny post-op too. He said he didn’t want to go home. He wanted to go to Ebenezers to get an Ebenezer Freezer. We mistakenly said we’re “going home” about a dozen times and everytime Josiah corrected us in less than a nanosecond. I want to go to Ebenezers! If we could have captured it on film it would have made a great commercial endorsement for Ebenezers coffeehouse.

We’re thanking God that this surgery is behind us!

The amazing thing is that we can already tell a difference in his voice! No more nasal sounds. Lora said it sounded like he sucked helium