Tonsil Removal Update

Most kids feel fine in a few days (you should be past the worst of it).
Some will take a few more days, but the Dr's recommend you stay home for a week, just so there's no jumping/running around while things heal up.
With our son, he was just 4 when we had his out.
His were not infected but they swelled up so large they had become an obstruction.
His sleeping improved immediately.
He was so quiet, and I was so use to him snoring up a storm every night that I kept checking to make sure he really was breathing all right.
He loved eating jello, pudding, and ice cream the first few days and I kept him eating soft foods (scrambled eggs, mashed potatoes, oatmeal, soup, etc) that whole first week.

My daughter just had her tonsils and adenoids out on Wednesday.... she was pretty lethargic the first couple of days and nights seemed to be worse (pain wise) than days, but her energy has been steadily increasing each day. She still tires easily but I plan to keep her out of school this week and next week is our spring break so she'll have a full 2 weeks to recover. I was told by the doctor that 1 to 2 weeks is the normal recovery period- just depends on the child.
Hope your daughter feels well soon!

You should be through the worst of it. I think days 2 & 3 were the worst for my daughter. Things improved after that.