Tonsils, Adenoids, and more ... - Isabella

Mommy2Isabella wrote: WELL!! Our Isabella will be having surgery on the 28th to have her tonsils out, adenoids out, her ears cleaned out and tubes removed, and to have a scope done on her voice box.

Her tonsils are SOOO swollen they are pretty much touching. I know this will make her feel better, anyone have this done on their little one ...

Whats the good bad and the ugly about recovery??

skinkybaby replied: Our oldest had adenoids and tonsils out about a year and a half ago. The first day was incredibly rough, but it made SUCH a difference.

Momof3inMe replied: We just did all of this with Em in May. It went good. She didn't have to stay in the hospital at all. She was home from school for a week. She ate lots of popsicle. We made shakes and applesauce. She also drank a lot the colder the better she would say. We did have one problem with recovery. One of the scabs in her throat came off to early and she did have some bleeding and we had to take her back to the hospital and she was there about 12 hours to make sure she didn't bleed again.

coasterqueen replied: Megan only had her adenoids out. Our ENT told us that on a pain level from 1 to 10, adenoids are about a 5 and tonsils are about an 8. This is why he is waiting on the tonsils until she's older - that's if she doesn't "grow into them", which seems to be the case that she is, slowly, but surely. Her's were REAL BAD. Her adenoids HAD to come out though because she couldn't breath at all. It was a really rough 5 or 6 days for us, though. I've heard people say they weren't bad for their kids, but wasn't the case for us. It's weird, too, because Megan has a very unusual pain tolerance that most of us do not have. The first day was great, but after that we quickly went down hill.

I think it's different for each kid, really.

GL!

mummy2girls replied: jenna has had it done. some has recovered fine. jenna had a bad recovery. we had to rush her back to the er the nextday. it depends on the child

CantWait replied: Poor baby girl. I hope the surgery goes well.

cameragirl21 replied: Idk the answer to your question but I hope it goes well and that she has a speedy and easy recovery.
Is she going under general?

A&A'smommy replied: the good is she will feel better!!!! The bad it HURTS buy LOTS of popsicles and jello, oh and she can eat soups as long as they are cold. It literally takes about two weeks to heal completely so even though she may want to eat "normal" things watch out because it HURTS ask lissa she KNOWS. Alyssa ate LOTS of ramen noodles I would get them super soft and then put them in the freezer she wanted them "a little warm" (her exact words) and she could handle that.
Alyssa had to have hers removed because on a normal day they were almost touching when she was sick the were touching and not just touching but squeezed together super nasty!!! The ear part of course you know is no big deal.

A&A'smommy replied: OH and wanted to add that she CAN have ice cream and lots of kids handle it ok but ice cream makes mucus thicker which makes them cough and that hurts. I didn't let alyssa have any just because she has allergies and I didn't want to risk it.

mckayleesmom replied: I had it done when I was about 7 and I just remember having a sore throat.

Hillbilly Housewife replied:
Ditto, I was 8. I remember very vividly going under, because my aunt was the nurse, she made me count backwards from 10 and I remember getting to 7, I remember waking up and nobody being around, and I remember the next day being home, sitting on the floor in my living room eating a popsicle, a rare treat because my father didn't allow them.

I don't think it was any worse than a regular sore throat, pain wise.

A&A'smommy replied: Oh and I was going to add and they will probably tell you this as part of her going home instructions to keep her drinking literally constantly, keep her throat wet. Our doctor told it its like when a scab gets dry and you move, it cracks.