Hi was wondering if anyone could offer advice please. My DS has had Tonsilitis consistently for about a year, we get antibiotics prescribed for him, and 3 days after the dose finishes it comes back again. He also gets terrible middle ear infections and fevers with it. This has made DS cough constantly as his tonsils seem to be permanently large and he has started choking on food (when he will eat), he is upset all the time, it is horrible for him. DS barely talks, and is not putting sentances together yet. We are waiting for a hearing test as he has glue ear. We cannot ever see a Doctor at our surgery, only the occasional nurse, who cannot refer to a ENT so we have been paying for our son to see a private doctor when he is very ill with tonsilitis (this is about once every 3 weeks). The private Consultant that the Private Doctor put us in contact with has said that our DS would benefit from having his tonsils taken out, possibly adenoids, and gromits put it too, although he said that it is risky at our DS's age. I am frigthened to agree to surgery if this is something that will eventually go away, but am also concerned that my DS is behind in his speech and is frequently off nursery, he is always unwell, and this will continue into his schooling. We are exhausted as a result of being up all night most nights with an ill child, when he is well he is such a wonderful cheeky character, it's painful to watch him looking so frail and timid.
What I am trying to ask is has anybody else has their DC operated on for this type of surgery at this young age, any experiences would be helpful.
Thank you.
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bedlegs · 01/04/2013 20:26
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