| I have to get my tonsils out. |
| I’m not really happy about it, but I’m tired of being sick and having sore throats. |
| I have to go to the hospital two hours before my surgery. |
| My mother will go with me. |
| The nurses will take my temperature and check my blood pressure. |
| They will make sure that I am ready for my operation. |
| I will be dressed in a white gown, and I will be wheeled down the hall to the operating room. |
| I can’t have anything to eat or drink for a long time before my surgery. |
| My mother will walk down the hall with me; |
| then she will wave goodbye as they wheel me into the operating room. |
| The doctor and the nurses will be busy in the operating room. |
| They will be getting ready to perform my surgery. |
| The doctor will say hello to me and tell me that he is going to put me to sleep. |
| He will put something into my arm. |
| He will tell me to count backwards from ten. |
| I think that I will only say “ten, nine” and then I will be fast asleep. |
| I won’t be awake for the surgery. |
| When I wake up, I will be surprised that the surgery is over. |
| My throat will hurt, and I probably won’t feel very good. |
| My mother will be there with me. |
| The nurses will give me a drink and try to make me comfortable. |
| I won’t be in the hospital overnight. |
| I will go home later in the day. |
| My parents will have to make sure that I have a lot to drink. |
| I can’t eat any hard foods or they will hurt my throat. |
| I will sleep a lot, because I will not feel very well for a couple of days. |
| It won’t take long before I recover from my surgery. |
| Sometimes, we need surgery to make us feel better. |
| Hospitals can be a bit frightening, |
| but the doctors and nurses are very nice, and their job is to make you better. |
