My child is 3 and has severely enlarged tonsils and adenoids (grade 3-4). She has was referred to the ENT consultant when she was 2 and has been on the waiting list for treatment for almost a year. We have also been waiting on a sleep study for almost a year due to having sleep apnea.
She stops breathing in her sleep every night. I have bought an oximeter and she regularly is in the80s when she sleep and can drop to the 70s during an apneic episode.
It affect her whole life and is having a catastrophic affect on her development. She isn’t getting any quality of rest due to the sleep apnea, she is failing to thrive as it is painful for her to eat (she is below the 0.4 centile), her speech is delayed and ahe struggles with excess mucus and saliva due to enlargement of adenoids and tonsils. She also regularly vomits in her sleep - I have watched her on the monitor. She seems to cough and have a panic attack due to difficult breathing with tonsils and this causes her to vomit.
I am at the end of my tether, I have tried to go private but I was referred back to NHS due to her age. Her whole development and quality of life are being severely affected. She is on the urgent list which currently is a year and a half waiting time.
I honestly feel this is an emergency case, how can I get her procedure expedited?
I have been taking videos, photos etc of everything. Can I put together a case and get my GP to forward to the consultant? I am so desperate.