DS had his out the week before his third birthday (some birthday pressie, huh? At least he got to eat lots of ice-cream). He's autistic, so communicating it with him was problematic. I'll come back later and give a more detailed run-through, but the most important thing for a good recovery is pain relief = ability to eat/drink = better recovery. On the second day DS brought up most of a dose of endone - you can't redose with opiates - and spiralled to not being able to take meds, then no eating or drinking, and wound up back in hospital on IV fluids. Even if you have to wake her for them, don't delay or miss a scheduled dose of pain relief, that was what started our problem, we delayed his endone by an hour.

Good luck