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After six decades I got my ice cream
Before I got my tonsils out my Mom prepared me by reading a children’s book about another little boy who was my age and who was also getting the procedure. The best part was that even though I would have to stay the night at the hospital, I, like the little boy in the story, would get ice cream! Well, I got the procedure but the hospital did not give me ice cream. That was 60 years ago and the disappointment of my dashed little boy dreams of ice cream remained with me ever since — until yesterday.
Yesterday I returned from the hospital with a stent and a bionic aortic valve. My adult children were in, and when they asked what they could get for me there was, of course, only one thing to say.
It was cold, creamy and delicious. Definately worth the 60 year wait. I feel Blessed.
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Enjoy the ice cream, and hope you have good health going forward.
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After procedure at age 4 I woke up in the hospital in a crib with a net over the top. Couldn’t get out. That was not fun. But I got the ice cream and more when I got home ! Glad you finally got yours !!
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60 years ago, I got… jello. Happy to know you finally got your ice cream and came through the procedure. Hope the good progress continues.
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Ya know, it's the little things that keep some of us going!
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About 12 years ago I had a stroke and was in physical rehab for two weeks. All the patients ate breakfast together in a community room. Nobody told me the freezer in there was stocked with cups of ice cream. I found out with only three days to make up for my lost time!
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I only got sherbet. Kind of a let-down.
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Had my tonsils removed when I was 5 and yes I did get ice cream.
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According to my more recent doctors, they either removed them too early and they started to grow back, or they flat out botched the job. One said, "There's not enough tonsil to function, but more than enough to get tonsillitis." That particular hospital had a dreadful infant mortality rate in the 50s and 60s, so maybe the whole facility was risky.
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That’s a heck of a way to finally get some ice cream.
Here’s to your good health from now on.
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when my tonsils were removed I was told I would get ice cream as were most of you. Post surgery I was given a bowl of warm canned pears! I puked blood all over the place! So count your blessings.
For some reason I didn't understand then, since I was probably 4 years old, I was in three separate hospitals before the surgery was finally done. My baby sister was sick with Cystic Fibrosis and died about the same time, so possibly that had something to do with it!
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My daughter had her tonsils out at the age of 5 or 6. We told her that she would get ice cream afterwards. When she got back from recovery, they did bring her some ice cream. After taking her first bite, she started crying. We asked her what was wrong. With big crocodile tears in her eyes she looked up and said, "You didn't tell me my throat would hurt!". I've always remembered that.
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I have one tonsil. The left one and 55 lymph nodes were removed as they were malignant. Hence my walking with a list.
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With the exception of teeth, I have all my original equipment, including my tonsils. In somewhat varying condition of course.
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I got my ice cream lol,but I was in with pneumonia a bit later and that was no fun at all!!
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I have one tonsil. The left one and 55 lymph nodes were removed as they were malignant. Hence my walking with a list.
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I got the same ice cream we had in school a small tub of Vanilla with little wood spoon.
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Still have my tonsils. When my parents asked the pediatrician about taking them out about the time all of my friends were having theirs taken out, he said something on the order of, "We may not know what they do, but God put them there for a reason, and I do not recommend taking them out unless you have to."
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Must be something wrong with me. Still have tonsils and appendix. But I had ice cream the other night anyway.
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I had my tonsils removed at Wyoming Medical Center in Cincinnati. They used what looked like a kitchen strainer with cotton in it, and dripped ether on it to put me out. I went home the same day, looking forward to TV and ice cream.
I got my ice cream, and TV. It really sucked for a little kid to watch TV the same day Kennedy got shot. Needless to say that was all that was on all day.
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Me, too. I had mine out when I was 10. I was promised ice cream, and I got ice cream, but its frozen coldness set off the pain sensors in my throat, and I couldn't eat it. So I got jello instead.
Fortunately, I got compensatory rations of ice cream after my throat healed. As a bonus, I also got fewer sore throats and colds.
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Had my tonsils removed in the first grade. Got the old, "You can eat all the ice cream you want," spill too. Liars! Couldn't swallow a single spoonful. But they did give me my tonsils in a little jar of formaldehyde. I took it to school and charged 25 cents (lunch money back then) to see them. Made a killing. Ain't capitalism grand?
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I was 8 or so when I had mine out. Woke up with dry mouth and asked for water but they gave me ice chips. Never got any ice cream. They asked me if I wanted anything to help me sleep durning my over night stay. Then woke me up twice to give me another dose of the sleeping meds. Never understood their thinking.
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According to my more recent doctors, they either removed them too early and they started to grow back, or they flat out botched the job. One said, "There's not enough tonsil to function, but more than enough to get tonsillitis." That particular hospital had a dreadful infant mortality rate in the 50s and 60s, so maybe the whole facility was risky.
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Similar thing happened to me. I had to get mine out twice as well. Until now I never heard of it happening to anyone else.
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Mine came out in the office of a rural doctor. I was probably four. I recall the mask he put on me to put me out. I only got tapioca pudding.
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