The Year I Got My Tonsils Out

I was just 12 years old having had many a sore throat so the Doc said tonsils out to hospital I go, had no vote This happened on pre-Christmas week going into hospital on the Tuesday had the surgery done two days later When I was sent to sleep without delay I then recovered back in the ward with a real treat of ice cream which softly soothed down my throat what a relief flowed like a stream Then the Dr. said all to go home on Christmas eve, all except me for in my throat I had a blood clot so on the next day I would be free Christmas day 1966 I got home mum and dad came to collect got all my presents when I got home so this hospital visit I would not forget